"heard as a child. Initially his original fairy tales were not met with recognition, due partly to the difficulty of translating them. In 1835, Andersen published the first two installments of his ""Fairy Tales"" (; lit. ""fantastic tales""). More stories, completing the first volume, were published in 1837. The collection comprises nine tales, including ""The Tinderbox"", ""The Princess and the Pea"", ""Thumbelina"", ""The Little Mermaid"" and ""The Emperor's New Clothes"". The quality of these stories was not immediately recognized, and they sold poorly. At the same time, Andersen enjoyed more success with two novels, ""O.T."" (1836) and ""Only a Fiddler"""
"well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include ""The Emperor's New Clothes"", ""The Little Mermaid"", ""The Nightingale"", ""The Snow Queen"", ""The Ugly Duckling"", ""The Little Match Girl"", ""Thumbelina"", and many others. His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. One of Copenhagen's widest and busiest boulevards is named ""H.C. Andersens Boulevard"". Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. He was an only child. Andersen's father, also Hans, considered himself related to nobility (his paternal grandmother had told his father that their family had belonged to a higher social class, but investigations"
"tomb raiders. From 1 September 1834, Hans Christian Andersen was a lodger on the second floor, renting two rooms from Karen Sophie Larsen who was the widow of a skipper. Andersen's sleaping room faced the courtyard and the Botanical Garden which was then located in Vharlottenborg's garden, while his combined living room and study faced the canal. In a letter to Henriette Hanck from 1 January 1835, on her request, Andersen makes a detailed description of his home at Nyhavn 20. Andersen wrote his first fairytales in the building. They were published in May 1835. The small booklet contained the"
"in a bed on top of seven mattresses, and newly made with clean sheets, the young man rises in great pain. A crooked red mark is discovered on his body, and upon investigation a hair is found on the bottom-most mattress of the bed. An Italian tale called ""The Most Sensitive Woman"" tells of a woman whose foot is bandaged after a jasmine petal falls upon it. The Brothers Grimm included a ""Princess on the Pea"" tale in an edition of their ""Kinder- und Hausmärchen"", but removed it after they discovered that it belonged to the Danish literary tradition. A"
"Great Heritage"", most of which are still frequently sung today. Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) is remembered first and foremost for his fairy tales, written between 1835 and 1872 not only for children but for adults too. Among the most popular are ""The Steadfast Tin Soldier"", ""The Snow Queen"", ""The Little Mermaid"", ""Thumbelina"", ""The Little Match Girl"", and ""The Ugly Duckling"". Considered to be the father of the modern fairytale, Andersen wrote a total of 156 fairy stories, only 12 of which drew on folk tales. But Andersen also wrote a number of travel sketches, several novels including the well-received: ""The"
"Ole Lukøje ""Ole Lukøje"" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen based upon a folk tale telling of a mysterious mythic creature of the Sandman who gently takes children to sleep and, depending on how good or bad they were, shows them various dreams. Ole Lukøje's name is actually composed of two parts: ""Ole "" is a common Danish masculine name, and ""Lukøje"" a compound of the Danish words for 'close' and 'eye'. In the tale, he visits a boy called Hjalmar every night for a whole week and tells him stories. We learn later that Ole"
"Nyhavn 20 Nyhavn 20, also known as the Boel House (Danish: Boels Gård), is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. A plaque on the facade commemorates that Hans Christian Andersen lived in the building when he had his first fairytale published. Nyhavn 20 was built in 1778–68 for Andreas Bodenhoff. He lived at Nyhavn 31 on the other side of the canal and had previously also built Nyhavn 12. The building was probably constructed by master timber Samuel Blichfeldt (1749-1787). After Bodenhoff's death in 1894, his son Andreas Bodenhoff Jr. took over the building as"
"Nyhavn 20 Nyhavn 20, also known as the Boel House (Danish: Boels Gård), is a listed property overlooking the Nyhavn canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. A plaque on the facade commemorates that Hans Christian Andersen lived in the building when he had his first fairytale published. Nyhavn 20 was built in 1778–68 for Andreas Bodenhoff. He lived at Nyhavn 31 on the other side of the canal and had previously also built Nyhavn 12. The building was probably constructed by master timber Samuel Blichfeldt (1749-1787). After Bodenhoff's death in 1894, his son Andreas Bodenhoff Jr. took over the building as"
"Lukøje is a dream god, and in his final tale on Sunday he tells of his brother, likewise called Ole Lukøje but also Death, who closes the eyes of those he visits and takes them away with him. Ole Lukøje ""Ole Lukøje"" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen based upon a folk tale telling of a mysterious mythic creature of the Sandman who gently takes children to sleep and, depending on how good or bad they were, shows them various dreams. Ole Lukøje's name is actually composed of two parts: ""Ole "" is a common Danish"
"The Elf Mound ""The Elf Mound"" () is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a feast held in an elf mound for the Goblin Chief of Norway and his two sons, both of whom are expected to select elf brides. The tale was published in Copenhagen, Denmark by C.A. Reitzel in April 1845. Two lizards scramble about the entrance to the Elf Mound, commenting on the hustle and bustle within. They have heard the elf maidens are practicing new dances and both wonder the reason why. An old maid"
"New Fairy Tales (1844) New Fairy Tales () is a collection of four fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 10 November 1843. As was customary at the time however, the title page is dated 1844. The tales are completely Andersen's invention, owe no debt to folk or fairy lore, and are the most autobiographical of his several fairy tale collections. The collection was received enthusiastically by the Danish critics and public and became Andersen's break-through in the fairy tale genre. ""The Nightingale"" and ""The Ugly Duckling"" have been adapted"
"Fairy Tales Told for Children (1838) Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. First Booklet (, 1838) is a collection of three fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen published in Copenhagen, Denmark by C. A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838. The collection consists of ""The Daisy"", ""The Steadfast Tin Soldier"", and ""The Wild Swans"". ""The Daisy"" tells of happy little daisy who is taken up with a plot of earth to line the bottom of a bird cage where a lark is held captive. When he dies and is given an elaborate funeral by the children, she is cast into"
"The Tallow Candle ""The Tallow Candle"" () is a 700-word literary fairytale by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). It was written in the 1820s, making it one of his earliest works and his first known work in the fairytale genre, but its existence was apparently unknown to scholars or the public for almost two centuries. A copy of the manuscript was discovered in a filing box in the National Archives of Funen in October 2012. A tallow candle, whose parents are a sheep and a melting pot, becomes more and more disheartened as it cannot find a purpose in"
"stories ""The Tinderbox"", ""Little Claus and Big Claus"", ""The Princess and the Pea"" and ""Little Idas Flowers"". He published a total of sic booklets with ""Fairy Tales Told for Children"" in the period 1835-1842, followed by ""New Fairytales"" published in the period 1843-1848. Andersen also wrote the novels ""O.T."" and ""Kun en Spillemand"" (1837) and completed ""The Improvisatore"" while he lived at Nyhavn 20. In his diary, he describes an episode where he suddenly felt cold while working on ""The Improvisator"". When he opened the door to the neighbouring room, he found out that his land lady and the maid"
"Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (; ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality. Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as"
"a quantity of bedding, so the two are married. The story ends with the pea being placed in a museum, where according to the storyteller it can still be seen today, unless someone has removed it. In his preface to the second volume of ""Tales and Stories"" (1863) Andersen claims to have heard the story in his childhood, but the tale has never been a traditional one in Denmark. He may as a child have heard a Swedish version, ""Princess Who Lay on Seven Peas"" (""Princessa' som lå' på sju ärter""), which tells of an orphan girl who establishes her"
"The Fir-Tree ""The Fir-Tree"" (Danish: ""Grantræet"") is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with ""The Snow Queen"", in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager) indicates that ""The Fir-Tree"" was the first of Andersen's fairy tales to express a deep pessimism. In the woods stands a little fir-tree. He is preoccupied with growing up and"
"revealed be an android, built for a wealthy businessman, Timothy Wainwright, to replace his daughter who had died years ago. Her builder even refers to her as ""nightingale."" The Nightingale (fairy tale) ""The Nightingale"" (Danish: ""Nattergalen"") is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health. Well received upon its publication in Copenhagen in 1843 in ""New Fairy Tales"", the tale is believed to have been inspired"
"we hear the tree's first-person account (in Danish) of being chopped down and attending its first Christmas party, which ends badly for all involved. The Fir-Tree ""The Fir-Tree"" (Danish: ""Grantræet"") is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with ""The Snow Queen"", in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager) indicates that ""The Fir-Tree"" was the"
"The Tinderbox ""The Tinderbox"" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magic tinderbox capable of summoning three powerful dogs to do his bidding. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is sentenced to death but cunningly summons the dogs to save his life. In the Aarne-Thompson tale index, The Tinderbox is type 562: The Spirit in the Blue Light. Other tales of this type include ""The Three Dogs"" and ""The Blue Light"". The tale has its source in a Scandinavian folk tale"
"remembered first and foremost for his fairy tales, written between 1835 and 1872 not only for children but for adults too. Among the most popular are ""The Steadfast Tin Soldier"", ""The Snow Queen"", ""The Little Mermaid"", ""Thumbelina"", ""The Little Match Girl"", and ""The Ugly Duckling"". Considered to be the father of the modern fairytale, Andersen wrote a total of 156 fairy stories, only 12 of which drew on folk tales. But Andersen also wrote a number of travel sketches, several novels including the well-received: ""The Improvisatore"" (1835), a series of poems, and his autobiography ""The Fairy Tale of My Life"""
"The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball ""The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball"" (Danish: ""Kjærestefolkene [Toppen og bolden]"") is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about the unrequited love a mahogany top suffers for a leather ball. It is likely the tale's inspiration lies in Andersen’s youthful relationship with Riborg Voight, a woman who declined his marriage proposal in 1830. ""The Sweethearts"" was published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen in November 1843 with several other tales by Andersen in the book ""New Fairy Tales"". The collection was received by Danish critics and the public with"
"hit"" if only it was written in The Quill instead of BASIC. Tales similar to ""The Tinderbox"" include ""The Blue Light"" from the Grimm collections; ""Hagop’s Wish"", an Armenian tale; ""Lars, My Lad!"", a Swedish tale; and ""Soldier of the Blue Light"", an American tale from Kentucky. The Tinderbox ""The Tinderbox"" () is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magic tinderbox capable of summoning three powerful dogs to do his bidding. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is sentenced to death but"
"The Nightingale (fairy tale) ""The Nightingale"" (Danish: ""Nattergalen"") is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health. Well received upon its publication in Copenhagen in 1843 in ""New Fairy Tales"", the tale is believed to have been inspired by the author's unrequited love for opera singer Jenny Lind, the ""Swedish nightingale"". The story has been adapted to opera, ballet, musical play, television drama and animated film."
"health. The tale's Chinese setting was inspired by the then recently opened Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, and memorializes Andersen's unrequited love for singer Jenny Lind. The tale was completed in 24 hours on 12 October 1843. ""The Nightingale"" sets out in fairy tale form Andersen's artistic manifesto: naturalness and simplicity triumphing over artifice and reason. The tale is a variation on his earlier ""The Swineherd"". ""The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball"" tells of the unrequited love suffered by a mahogany top for a leather ball. When the top discovers the ball years later lying in the dustbin faded"
"Beatrix Potter. In Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy Opera ""Iolanthe"", the Lord Chancellor mocks the Fairy Queen with a reference to Andersen, thereby implying that her claims are fictional: <poem>It seems that she's a fairy From Andersen's library, And I took her for The proprietor Of a Ladies' Seminary!</poem> Andersen's fairy tales include: Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (; ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes"
"sleep with his colorful, magic umbrella (""slumbrella"") causing him to dream wonderful stories—from which he then writes his fairy tales. Old Dreamy narrates the story of the Snow Queen. Two young children, Kay and Gerda are in their window box garden where they exchange roses they have grown for one another and plant them together. On the next winter night, Gerda's grandmother tells the two children the legend of the Snow Queen. The Snow Queen's palace of ice in the far north (on Spitsbergen) where she sits on her throne and looks into her mirror. The Snow Queen's proud and"
"Hans Christian Andersen, known for his stories and fairy tales, e.g. ""The Ugly Duckling"", ""The Little Mermaid"" and ""The Snow Queen"". In recent history Johannes Vilhelm Jensen was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Karen Blixen is famous for her novels and short stories. Other Danish writers of importance are Herman Bang, Gustav Wied, William Heinesen, Martin Andersen Nexø, Piet Hein, Hans Scherfig, Klaus Rifbjerg, Dan Turèll, Tove Ditlevsen, Inger Christensen and Peter Høeg. Danish philosophy has a long tradition as part of Western philosophy. Perhaps the most influential Danish philosopher was Søren Kierkegaard, the creator of Christian existentialism."
"fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. These included ""Golyi korol"" (""The Emperor's New Clothes"") (1934), ""Krasnaya Shapochka"" (""Little Red Riding Hood"") (1936), ""Zolushka"" (""Cinderella"") (1938), ""Snezhnaya Koroleva"" (""The Snow Queen"", after Hans Christian Andersen) (1938), ""Tyen"" (""The Shadow"", after Hans Christian Andersen) (1940), ""Drakon"" (""The Dragon"", an original) (1944), and ""Obyknovennoye Chudo"" (""An Ordinary Miracle"") (1956). At the beginning of World War II, Schwartz wrote ""Under the Linden Trees of Berlin"" (1941) with Zoschenko. During the war, he wrote ""One Night"" and ""The Far Country"". After the war, Shvarts, wrote ""An Ordinary Miracle"" and ""The Tale of the Brave Soldiers""."
"The Goblin and the Grocer ""The Goblin and the Grocer"" () is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a goblin who must choose between poetry or a Christmas treat from a grocer. The tale was first published November 30, 1852, and republished several times during the author's lifetime. Andrew Lang included it in ""The Pink Fairy Book"" (1897). The title is sometimes mistakenly translated into English as """"The Goblin and the Huckster"""". Once, a student lived in an attic while a grocer lived on the first floor with a house goblin. Because the grocer"
"later. Since the manuscript is difficult to read there is a possibility that what is written is in fact another word. Christian Graugaard, a Danish poet and professor of sexology, has analyzed the tale as a covert autoerotic tale, in which the candle symbolizes the phallus and the melting tallow the semen in an ejaculation. According to him Andersen often added erotic undertones and metaphoric phallic imagery in his tales. He characterizes the fairy tale as ""a literary cumshot"". The Tallow Candle ""The Tallow Candle"" () is a 700-word literary fairytale by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). It was"
"done nothing but spoil her silk. To which his father replied, ""In that case, I may as well spoil my leather too,"" and he cut up the shoes in front of her. studio album ""Modern Times"". The Red Shoes (fairy tale) ""The Red Shoes"" (Danish: ""De røde sko"") is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in ""New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Third Collection. 1845."" (""Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Tredie Samling. 1845.""). Other tales in the volume include ""The Elf Mound"" (""Elverhøi""), ""The Jumpers"" (""Springfyrene""), ""The"
"is a tale about a romance between two household objects. While ""The Steadfast Tin Soldier"" and ""The Sweethearts"" end unhappily, ""The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep"" ends happily-ever-after. Other Andersen tales about household objects include ""The Shirt Collar"" and ""The Teapot"". The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep ""The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep"" (Danish: ""Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren"") is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife."