Stories and Tales
Hans Christian
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 15, 2019)
Excerpt from Stories and TalesWonder story vein, in the form of a story about an Old king who was sure he never had heard a lie, and so promised that any one who should tell him one should have the princess and half the kingdom.Wonder Stories told for Children, the first part came out in 183 5 in a little volume of 61 pages, Containing The Tinder-box, Little Claus and Big Claus, The Princess on the Pea, and Little Ida's Flowers. In style one ought to hear the narrator; these stories were therefore made to suggest oral delivery; they were told for children, but their elders also were to be allowed to hear them. The three first named I had heard in my childhood amongst spinners and hop gatherers. Little Ida's Flow ers, on the other hand, arose from hearing the poet Thiele tell his little daughter Ida about the flowers in the Botanic Garden a few of the child's comments I retained and repeated when I afterward wrote out the story.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
