HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘It doesn’t matter if you’re born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan’s egg!’ (from ‘The Ugly Duckling’)This collection brings together some of Hans Christian Andersen’s most popular fairy tales – including ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘The Ugly Duckling’ and ‘Thumbelina’ – in a celebration of one of the world’s most widely recognised children’s authors. With universal themes and dark humour at their...
In The Story of a Mother, a mother, watching over her sick child, briefly closes her eyes, and Death comes. Rushing outside to pursue Death, she encounters various spirits who offer conditional advice. When she finally finds her child, Death offers her a terrible choice. First published in 1847, this story has been adapted for film several times.
Наверное, нет такого ребенка, которому не знакомы герои сказок Г. X. Андерсена: трогательные, бескорыстные и беззащитные – Кай и Герда, Дюймовочка, гадкий утенок и многие другие. На сказках Андерсена выросло не одно поколение читателей. С теплотой в душе вспоминают взрослые прочитанные в детстве истории, а потом возвращаются к ним и читают своим детям. В предложенном издании собраны самые известные произведения великого сказочника: «Свинопас», «Принцесса на горошине», «Снежная королева»,...
For generations, the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen have delighted readers with their originality, whimsy, and humorous treatment of such human foibles as vanity, snobbery, and greed. This collection of thirteen of the author's most popular stories is no exception.In «The Little Mermaid,» the youngest of six mermaid princesses falls in love with a human and longs to live an ordinary life. «Great Claus and Little Claus» tells of a clever young man who turns a series of misfortunes...
Seven books by fantasy short story writer Hans Christian Andersen, in one book:<br><br>Andersen's Fairy Tales<br>The Ice-Maiden; and Other Tales<br>O.T., a Danish Romance<br>Pictures of Sweden<br>Sand-Hills of Jutland<br>Stories From Hans Andersen<br>The True Story of My Life
This book is a compilation of several other works, pulled together under the umbrella title of The Childen's Christmas Story MEGAPACK®. It includes the complete text of «The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories,» selected and edited by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner (originally published in 1913) to which we have added «The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,» by L Frank Baum (originally published in 1902), and the poems «'Twas The Night Before Christmas,» by Clement C. Moore...
