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Fantasy · 1846 · English

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

About this book

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen explores fairy tales, fairy tales — denmark, children's stories, danish — translations into english.

From the opening pages: “The storks tell their young ones ever so many fairy tales, all of them from the fen and the moss. Generally the tales are suited to the youngsters’ age and understanding. The baby birds are pleased if they are told just ‘kribly, krably, plurry-murry!’ which they think wonderful; but the older ones will have something with more sense in it, or, at the least, a tale about themselves. Of the two oldest and longest tales which have been told among the storks, one we all know--that about Moses, who was placed by his mother in an ark on the waters of the Nile, was found by the king’s daughter, and then was taught all learning, and became a great man, and no one knows where he was buried. Everybody has heard that…”

Author
H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
First published
1846
Category
Fantasy
Language
English

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