Books with author Hans C. Andersen

Here are 138 tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. These tales include: 1 THE ANGEL2 ANNE LISBETH3 BEAUTY OF FORM AND BEAUTY OF MIND4 THE BEETLE WHO WENT ON HIS TRAVELS5 THE BELL6 THE BELL-DEEP7 THE BIRD OF POPULAR SONG8 THE BISHOP OF BORGLUM AND HIS WARRIORS9 THE BOTTLE NECK10 THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER11 THE BUCKWHEAT12 THE BUTTERFLY13 BY THE ALMSHOUSE WINDOW14 A CHEERFUL TEMPER15 THE CHILD IN THE GRAVE16 CHILDREN'S PRATTLE17 THE CONCEITED APPLE BRANCH18 THE DAISY19 THE DARNING-NEEDLE20 DELAYING IS NOT FORGETTING21 THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK22 THE DROP OF WATER23 THE DRYAD24 THE DUMB BOOK25 ELDER-TREE MOTHER26 THE ELF OF THE ROSE27 THE ELFIN HILL28 THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES29 EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE30 THE FALSE COLLAR31 THE FARMYARD COCK AND THE WEATHERCOCK32 THE FIR TREE33 THE FLAX34 THE FLYING TRUNK35 THE GARDEN OF PARADISE36 THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF37 THE GOBLIN AND THE HUCKSTER38 THE GOLDEN TREASURE39 THE GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE40 GRANDMOTHER41 GREAT CLAUS AND LITTLE CLAUS42 A GREAT GRIEF43 THE GREENIES44 THE HAPPY FAMILY45 HOLGER DANSKE46 IB AND LITTLE CHRISTINA47 THE ICE MAIDEN48 IN A THOUSAND YEARS49 IN THE NURSERY50 IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA51 JACK THE DULLARD52 THE JEWISH MAIDEN53 THE JUMPER54 THE LAST DREAM OF THE OLD OAK55 THE LAST PEARL56 A LEAF FROM HEAVEN57 THE LEAP-FROG58 LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS59 THE LITTLE ELDER-TREE MOTHER60 LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS61 THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL62 THE LITTLE MERMAID63 LITTLE THUMBELINA64 THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD65 THE LOVING PAIR66 THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS67 THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER68 THE METAL PIG69 THE MONEY BOX70 THE NAUGHTY BOY71 THE NEIGHBOURING FAMILIES72 THE NIGHTINGALE73 THE OLD BACHELOR'S NIGHTCAP74 THE OLD CHURCH BELL75 THE OLD GRAVE-STONE76 THE OLD HOUSE77 THE OLD STREET LAMP78 OLE-LUK-OIE THE DREAM GOD80 OUR AUNT81 THE PEA BLOSSOM82 THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND83 THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE84 THE PHOENIX BIRD85 THE PORTER'S SON86 THE PORTUGUESE DUCK87 THE PUPPET-SHOW MAN88 POULTRY MEG'S FAMILY89 THE PSYCHE90 THE RACES91 THE REAL PRINCESS92 THE RED SHOES93 A ROSE FROM HOMER'S GRAVE94 THE ROSES AND THE SPARROWS95 THE SAUCY BOY96 THE SHADOW97 SHE WAS GOOD FOR NOTHING98 THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEP99 THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE SHEEP100 THE SHEPHERD'S STORY OF THE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP101 THE SHIRT-COLLAR102 THE SILVER SHILLING103 THE SNAIL AND THE ROSE-TREE104 THE SNOWDROP105 THE SNOW MAN106 THE SNOW QUEEN107 SOMETHING108 SOUP FROM A SAUSAGE SKEWER109 THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER110 THE STORKS111 THE STORM SHAKES THE SHIELD112 A STORY113 A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS114 THE STORY OF A MOTHER115 THE STORY OF THE WIND116 THE STORY OF THE YEAR117 THE SUNBEAM AND THE CAPTIVE118 SUNSHINE STORIES119 THE SWAN'S NEST120 THE SWINEHERD121 THE TEAPOT122 THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT123 THE THISTLE'S EXPERIENCES124 THE THORNY ROAD OF HONOR125 THE TINDER-BOX126 THE TOAD127 THE TOP AND BALL128 THE TRAVELLING COMPANION129 THE UGLY DUCKLING130 UNDER THE WILLOW-TREE131 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE THISTLE132 WHAT ONE CAN INVENT133 WHAT THE GOODMAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT134 WHAT THE MOON SAW135 THE WICKED PRINCE136 THE WILD SWANS137 THE WILL-O-THE WISP IS IN THE TOWN, SAYS THE MOOR WOMAN138 THE WINDMILL

From the Golden Book archives comes a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, gloriously illustrated by Gordon Laite in the late 1960s but never published until now! Gordon Laite’s breathtaking artwork for a Little Golden Book edition of the Andersen fairy tale was found recently in the Golden Books archive. Planned for a 1970 release but never published, this Little Golden Book is finally making its debut for today’s fairy tale fans! And it couldn’t be a lovelier retelling of the story of a determined princess whose loyalty saves her brothers from being turned into swans by an evil queen.

This book, newly updated, contains the complete Andersen’s 168 fairy tales and stories in the chronological order of their original publication.Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyrs, or "fantastic tales"—express themes that transcend age and nationality.During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and was feted by royalty. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872. For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children. Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever. Here are all of Andersen's 168 tales, and among the favourites are The Red Shoes, The Mermaid, The Real Princess, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Tinder Box and of course The Ugly Duckling.

You must attend to the commencement of this story, for when we get to the end we shall know more than we do now about a very wicked hobgoblin; he was one of the very worst, for he was a real demon. One day, when he was in a merry mood, he made a looking-glass which had the power of making everything good or beautiful that was reflected in it almost shrink to nothing, while everything that was worthless and bad looked increased in size and worse than ever. The most lovely landscapes appeared like boiled spinach, and the people became hideous, and looked as if they stood on their heads and had no bodies. Their countenances were so distorted that no one could recognize them, and even one freckle on the face appeared to spread over the whole of the nose and mouth. The demon said this was very amusing. When a good or pious thought passed through the mind of any one it was misrepresented in the glass; and then how the demon laughed at his cunning invention. All who went to the demon's school- for he kept a school- talked everywhere of the wonders they had seen, and declared that people could now, for the first time, see what the world and mankind were really like. They carried the glass about everywhere, till at last there was not a land nor a people who had not been looked at through this distorted mirror. They wanted even to fly with it up to heaven to see the angels, but the higher they flew the more slippery the glass became, and they could scarcely hold it, till at last it slipped from their hands, fell to the earth, and was broken into millions of pieces. But now the looking-glass caused more unhappiness than ever, for some of the fragments were not so large as a grain of sand, and they flew about the world into every country. When one of these tiny atoms flew into a person's eye, it stuck there unknown to him, and from that moment he saw everything through a distorted medium, or could see only the worst side of what he looked at, for even the smallest fragment retained the same power which had belonged to the whole mirror. Some few persons even got a fragment of the looking-glass in their hearts, and this was very terrible, for their hearts became cold like a lump of ice. A few of the pieces were so large that they could be used as window-panes; it would have been a sad thing to look at our friends through them. Other pieces were made into spectacles; this was dreadful for those who wore them, for they could see nothing either rightly or justly. At all this the wicked demon laughed till his sides shook- it tickled him so to see the mischief he had done. There were still a number of these little fragments of glass floating about in the air, and now you shall hear what happened with one of them.