Hans Christian Andersen, Harry Clarke , Edward Matthew Hale , Arthur Rackham , Anne Anderson , Ivan Bibilin , Henry H.B. Paull

The Little Mermaid

eBook (Pushkin Children's Books Nov. 28, 2012)
The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with her father, the sea king; her grandmother and her five elder sisters. When a mermaid turns 15, she is allowed to swim to the surface to watch the world above, and as the sisters become old enough, one of them visits the surface every year. When the Little Mermaid's turn comes, she ventures to the surface, sees a ship with a handsome prince, and falls in love with him from a distance…

The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). It was first published in 1836; then it was traslated in English by Mrs. Henry H.B. Paull (1812–1888) in 1872.

The ebook cointains beautiful illustrations by Edward Matthew Hale (1852-1924), Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), Anne Anderson (1874-1930), Ivan Bibilin (1876-1942), Harry Clarke (1889-1931).
Pages
48