Other editions of book The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen

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In the garden all the apple-trees were in blossom. They had hastened to bring forth flowers before they got green leaves, and in the yard all the ducklings walked up and down, and the cat too: it basked in the sun and licked the sunshine from its own paws. And when one looked at the fields, how beautifully the corn stood and how green it shone, without comparison! and there was a twittering and a fluttering of all the little birds, as if the day were a great festival; and so it was, for it was Sunday. All the bells were ringing, and all the people went to church, looking cheerful, and dressed in their best clothes. There was a look of cheerfulness on everything. The day was so warm and beautiful that one might well have said: "God's kindness to us men is beyond all limits." But inside the church the pastor stood in the pulpit, and spoke very loudly and angrily. He said that all men were wicked, and God would punish them for their sins, and that the wicked, when they died, would be cast into hell, to burn for ever and ever.

Andersen's fairy tales, which are deeply embedded in the West's collective consciousness, entertain and edify, presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity. This edition contains Andersen's First and Second Series, including his most famous stories "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Fir Tree", "Thumbelina" and "The Little match Girl". A good sized volume, in a generous font make this a pleasure for children to hold and read. Illustrated by Edna Hart.