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Hans Christian Andersen
Thanks to his fairy tales and stories, Hans Christian
Andersen, 1805-75, is probably the most widely read author
in the world today, but even in his own time he was read and known
from Russia in the east to America in the west. His career from the
lowest stratum of society in his native town of Odense in Funen via
his problematic adaptation to the official and bourgeois circles in
Copenhagen and further still until he became a familiar guest in the
country mansions of Denmark, the palaces of kings and princes and
the entire cultural stage of Europe provided him with material for
many of his works and for no fewer than three autobiographies, the
final version being Mit Livs Eventyr (1855, The Fairy Tale of
My Life (with later supplements)). Modern editions of his
correspondence and diaries have produced an unusually comprehensive
insight into his life and his complex personality.
Andersen's fairy tales and stories (about 190 in all, written
1835-72) are addressed to both adults and children and are
stylistically and thematically deeply original. In addition he wrote
novels, travel accounts (he spent a large part of his life
travelling abroad), poems and works for the theatre (including
libretti for operas and ballad operas).
Although Andersen's work has its roots in Romanticism he is a modern
spirit thanks to his social experience, his psychological insight,
his belief in progress and industrial development. The special
quality in his fairy tales is also precisely the combination of
poetry, fantasy tale and everyday reality.
Johan de Mylius
H.C.Andersens Hus
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1835 The Tinder Box*
1835 Little
Claus and Big Claus*
1835 The
Princess and the Pea*
1835 Little
Ida’s Flowers*
1835 Little
Tiny or Thumbelina*
1835 The
Saucy Boy
1835 The
Travelling Companion*
1836 The
Little Mermaid*
1837 The
Emperor’s New Suit*
1838 The
Goloshes of Fortune
1838 The
Daisy
1838 The
Brave Tin Soldier*
1838 The
Wild Swans*
1838 The
Garden of Paradise*
1838 The
Flying Trunk*
1838 The
Storks*
1839 The
Elf of the Rose
1840 What
the Moon Saw
1840 The
Wicked Prince
1842 The
Metal Pig
1842 Shepherd’s
Story
1842 A
Rose from Homer’s Grave
1842 The
Buckwheat* 1842 Ole-Luk
Oie,
the Dream God*
1842 The
Swineherd*
1844 The
Angel
1844 The
Nightingale*
1844 The
Ugly Duckling*
1844 The
Top and Ball*
1845 The
Fir Tree*
1845 The
Snow Queen*
1845 The
Little Elder Tree Mother
1845 The
Elfin Hill*
1845 The
Red Shoes*
1845 The
Jumper 1845 The
Shepherdess and the Sweep
1845 Holger
Danske
1845 The
Bell
1845 Grandmother
1846 The Darning
Needle*
1846 The
Little Match Seller*
1847 The
Sunbeam and the Captive
1847 By
the Almshouse Window
1847 The
Old Street Lamp
1847 The
Neighbouring Families
1847 Little
Tuk
1847 The
Shadow*
1848 The
Old House*
1848 The
Drop of Water
1848 The
Happy Family*
1848 The
Story of a Mother
1848 The Shirt
Collar*
1849 The
Flax
1850 The
Phoenix Bird
1851 A
Story
1851 The Puppet
Show Man
1851 The
Dumb Book
1852 The
Old Grave Stone
1852 The
Conceited Apple Branch
1852 The
Loveliest Rose in the World
1852 In
a Thousand Years
1852 The
Swan’s Nest
1852 The
Story of the Year 1852 There
Is No Doubt About It
1852 A
Cheerful Temper
1853 A
Great Grief
1853 Everything
in the Right Place
1853 The
Goblin and the Huckster
1853 Under
the Willow Tree
1853 The
Pea Blossom
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1853 She
Was Good for Nothing
1854 The
Last Pearl
1854 Two
Maidens 1855 Uttermost Parts of the
Sea
1855 The Money Box
1855 A
Leaf from Heaven
1855 Jack
the Dullard
1855 Ib
and Little Christina
1856 The
Thorny Road of Honor
1856 The
Jewish Maiden
1857 The Bell Deep
1858 The
Bottle Neck
1858 Soup
from a Sausage Skewer
1858 The
Old Bachelor’s Nightcap
1858 Something
1858 Last
Dream of the Old Oak
1858 The
Marsh King’s Daughter
1858 The
Races
1859 The
Philosopher’s Stone
1859 The
Story of the Wind
1859 The
Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
1859 Ole
the Tower Keeper
1859 Anne
Lisbeth
1859 Children’s
Prattle
1859 The
Child in the Grave
1859 Two
Brothers
1860 The
Pen and the Inkstand
1860 The
Farm Yard Cock
1860 Beauty
of Form Beauty of Mind
1860 A
Story from the Sand Hills
1860 Moving
Day
1861 The
Butterfly
1861 Bishop
of Borglum
1861 The
Mail Coach Passengers
1861 Beetle
Who Went on Travels
1861 What
the Old Man Does
1861 The
Snow Man
1861 The
Portuguese Duck
1861 The
Ice Maiden
1861 The
Psyche
1861 The
Snail and the Rose Tree
1861 The
Old Church Bell
1862 The
Silver Shilling
1863 The
Snowdrop
1865 The
Bird of Popular Song
1865 The
Will-o-the Wisp
1865 The
Windmill
1865 In
the Nursery
1865 The
Golden Treasure
1865 The
Storm Shakes the Shield 1866 Delaying
Is Not Forgetting
1866 The
Porter’s Son
1866 Our
Aunt
1866 The
Toad
1868 The
Goblin and the Woman
1868 The
Dryad
1869 The
Court Cards
1869 Luck
May Lie in a Pin
1869 Sunshine
Stories
1869 What
One Can Invent
1869 The
Thistle’s Experiences
1869 Poultry
Meg’s Family
1870 The
Candles
1870 The
Most Incredible Thing
1870 Danish
Popular Legends
1871 The
Great Sea Serpent
1871 The
Gardener and the Manor
1872 The
Cripple
1873 The
Flea and the Professor
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