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Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
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Description for Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales
Hardcover. With this new translation and selection, the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius is revealed. Ages 8+. Editor(s): Wullschlager, Jackie. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 858.
A new selection of 30 tales to mark the 200 year anniversary of Andersen's birth in 2005.
Tiina Nunnally's sparkling translation captures the rawness and immediacy of Andersen's style, for the first time enabling English readers to be as startled and amazed as his original readers were, and revealing the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius.
At a time when children's stories were formal, moral and didactic, Hans Christian Andersen revolutionized the genre, giving an anarchic twist to traditional folklore and creating a huge number of utterly original stories that sprang directly from his imagination. From the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Group
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780713996418
SKU
V9780713996418
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About Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, son of a shoemaker and a washerwoman. He was the first writer to take the folk tale as a literary genre and create new stories, such as 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Snow Queen'. His influence on children's literature is inestimable, yet his stories ... Read more
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