7 best short stories by Hans Christian Andersen

By Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen, born in Denmark in 1805, practically invented the writing of eventyrs; the adventure fairy tale, or fantastic tale. Although he wrote a broad range of work, including plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, it was his fairy tales that became culturally iconic in the Western world. His stories have inspired countless plays, ballets, and movies.
In this volume the critic August Nemo selected for you seven classic tales that populated the dreams of generations:

- The Little Mermaid
- Brave Tin Soldier
- The Princess and the Pea
- The Goloshes of Fortune
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- The Last Dream of Old Oak
- Little Tiny or Thumbelina

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tacet Books
• Release date: Jan 24, 2019
• ISBN: 9788577770472

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. He endured a lonely, impoverished childhood consoled by little more than his own imagination. He escaped to a theatre life in Copenhagen aged 14 where the support of a powerful patron enabled him to complete his scant education, and to write. His poetry, novels and travel books became hugely popular. But it was his Fairy Tales, the first children's stories of their kind, published in instalments from 1835 until the time of his death in 1875, that have immortalised him. Translated into more than 100 languages and adapted to every kind of media, they have made Andersen the most important children's writer in history.