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Monica Stirling has spent great care on the life of Hans Christian Andersen which is almost inseparable in theme and character from the fairy tales. When he died, a friend observed "What a happy death," which could hardly be said of many of the experiences which preceded it; the cobbler's son who escaped from a very simple home in Odense never moved too far away from the shadow of his grandfather's madness (he was periodically depressed throughout...
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In the first part of this sympathetic book the author traces the story of Andersen's extraordinary life and shows how often his tales grew out of his own experience. The second part of the book, a study of the tales themselves, will be a revelation to most people for, as the author says, Andersen has long been relegated to the nursery, and few adults realize the full extent of his wit, charm and sheer genius as a storyteller.
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Fairy tales! Stories for children and world-wide fame? It did not seem likely, but this was Hans Andersen. In England and America, Andersen is something of a myth; at the mention of his name, a sentimental faraway look comes into people's eyes. The stories seem so much a part of our heritage that we forget they were ever written and worked over, by a man who was a hard-working writer and a Dane. Andersen's tales are writing of existence, and potent...
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"Delving deeply into archives and correspondence, Jens Andersen sheds new light on Hans Christian Andersen's writings - the 156 published fairy tales, as well as the novels, short stories, dramas, poetry, and non-fiction - and on the writer whose own life had many aspects of the fairytale. As did some of the memorable characters he created, Andersen grew up in miserable and impoverished circumstances and as an adult he took steps to keep what he called...
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"While Hans Christian Andersen's tales continue to seize the imagination with their singular blend of simplicity, eccentricity, and charm, English-language readers until now have had to content themselves with inaccurate retellings and inadequate translations. Diana Crone Frank, a Danish novelist and linguist, and Jeffrey Frank, a novelist and editor at the New Yorker, offer a much-needed modern translation, one that takes Andersen out of the nursery...
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