Books with title The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian A ndersen, without knowing it, prescribed a healthy tonic for more than one writer in England and A merica. It would be a pity not to acknowledge this. He was not well known in either country when Mary Howitt published her translations of his stories in England. Perhaps her intimacy with Frederica Bremer, theS wedish novelist, opened the way to her acquaintance with theD anish story-teller. The children of England and America had the first benefit of this invasion of theD ane. For, by a rather provoking law, it will happen that the literature of chiljood is sadly apt to fall into the ruts of sentimentalists or of mechanics. Anybody can write a childs book is the false theory of publishers in the decline which comes upon childrens books once in a generation. As an experienced editor once said to me, ninety-nine hundredths of the articles sent to him about boys and girls are written by ladies who never had the charge of either boy or girl. Into the midst of books thus written down for children there comes, once in a generation, such a revelation as the publication of Grimm sF airy Tales made early in this century, as the appearance in England of Andersen schildren sstories, made. And again, such as children enjoyed whenS tevenson spoems for them appeared. Probably Stevenson spoems would not have been written but for such prose poems as The Constant Tin Soldier. For certain soldiers lately dead Our reverent dirge shall here be said: Them, when their martial leader called, IN odread preparative appalled, But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled, I marked them steadfast in the field. Death grimly sided with the foe, And smote each leaden hero low; Proudly they perished one by one; The dread pea-cannon swork was done IO hnot for them the tears we shed, Consigned to their congenial lead ;B ut while unmoved their sleep they take, We mourn for their dear capt(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

*Contains nearly 150 fairy tales, including the Emperor’s New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match Girl, and other classics When the Brothers Grimm first published their collection of now famous fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was just 10 years old. But Andersen was destined to become a talented Danish author of fairy tales and children’s stories himself, writing popular stories like The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling. Andersen was extremely popular in his time, making friendships with royalty and writers like Charles Dickens while his works were translated into over 100 languages worldwide. Ironically, the work for which Andersen is best remembered was one of his least popular at first. In 1835, Andersen published his Fairy Tales for the first time, but they sold poorly, even while Andersen’s novel Only a Fiddler fared well.

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although he was a writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. When he became famous he travelled all over Europe, Africa and Asia. Hans Christian Andersen was a unique figure in Danish literature - Andersen's fairy tales were translated into more than 125 languages. He became famous after publishing his fantastic novel in 1829. In spite of the fact that he was a children-oriented fairy tale writer, he didn't have any children. This story plunges you into the fairy atmosphere. This fairy tale clarifies your mind and gives you some food for the brain!One day the inkstand said: "One drop from me was enough for half a piece of paper. All the works of this poet came from me! I was something quite remarkable!" The inkstand was very proud itself. But the pen didn't share her happiness - it told the inkstand that it was just a container for ink without any skills and ideas. But the inkstand disagreed with the opinion of the pen. So they started to argue. Read it till the end to know who was right.