The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen

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W. W. Norton & Company, 2008 - Children's stories, Danish - 449 pages
This book is an informative collection of Hans Christian Andersen's stories, annotated by one of America's leading folklore scholars. Maria Tatar celebrates the stories told by Denmark's "perfect wizard" and re-envisions Hans Christian Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. Andersen's most beloved tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Little Mermaid," are now joined by "The Shadow" and "Story of a Mother," mature stories that reveal his literary range and depth. Tatar captures the tales' unrivaled dramatic and visual power, showing exactly how Andersen became one of the world's ten most translated authors. Lushly illustrated with more than one hundred fifty rare images, many in full color, by artists such as Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen will captivate readers with annotations that explore the rich social and cultural dimensions of the nineteenth century and construct a compelling portrait of a writer whose stories still fascinate us today. 146 illustrations including color. - Publisher.

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Contents

The Snow Queen
17
The Princess and the Pea
70
The Ugly Duckling
99
The Little Mermaid
119
The Tinderbox
156
Thumbelina
193
The Little Match Girl
214
Ole ShutEye
234
The Psyche
280
The Most Astonishing Thing
298
The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
315
The Phoenix
330
The Flying Trunk
356
The Bell
370
Andersens Illustrators
399
BIBLIOGRAPHY 433

TALES FOR ADULTS
249
The Shadow
263

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