Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Anchor Folktale Library)
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This definitive collection of work from Hans Christian Andersen—one of the immortals of world literature—not only includes his own notes to his stories but is the only version available in trade paperback that presents Andersen’s fairy tales exactly as he collected them in the original Danish edition of 1874. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen’s own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentimentalize or vulgarize, translator Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text.
The fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen wrote, such as “The Snow Queen,” “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Red Shoes,” and “The Nightingale,” are remarkable for their sense of fantasy, power of description, and acute sensitivity, and they are like no others written before or since. Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who collected and retold folklore, Andersen adopted the most ancient literary forms of the fairy tale and the folktale and distilled them into a genre that was uniquely his own.
Publisher : Anchor (September 9, 1983)
Language : English
Paperback : 1120 pages
ISBN-10 : 0385189516
ISBN-13 : 978-0385189514
Item Weight : 2.45 pounds
Dimensions : 6.03 x 1.92 x 9.2 inches
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Customers find the stories in the book great, enjoyable, and perfect for children and adults. They also appreciate the translation as well done and the powerful emotions invoked. However, some customers feel the layout lacks illustrations.
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