Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen Born 2nd April 1805, Odense, Funen, Kingdom of Denmark. Died 4th August 1875 (age 70), Østerbro, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark Hans Christian Andersen, in Scandinavia AKA as H. C. Andersen, was a prolific Danish writer of plays, travelogues, novels, poems, but is best known for his classic fairy tales. Hans Christian Andersen’s […]

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Stories from Hans Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen Stories from Hans Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrations by Edmund Dulac Stories from Hans Andersen Contents Hans Christian Andersen – The Snow Queen Hans Christian Andersen – The Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen – The Real Princess Hans Christian Andersen – The Garden of Paradise Hans Christian […]

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The Flea and the Professor by Hans Christian Andersen The Flea and the Professor Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Flea and the Professor There was an aëronaut, and things went badly with him. His balloon burst, hurled him out, and went all to pieces. Just two minutes before, the aëronaut had sent his […]

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What One Can Invent by Hans Christian Andersen What One Can Invent Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen What One Can Invent There was once a young man who was studying to be a poet. He wanted to become one by Easter, and to marry, and to live by poetry. To write poems, he knew, […]

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The Thistle’s Experiences by Hans Christian Andersen The Thistle’s Experiences Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Thistle’s Experiences Belonging to the lordly manor-house was beautiful, well-kept garden, with rare trees and flowers; the guests of the proprietor declared their admiration of it; the people of the neighborhood, from town and country, came on Sundays […]

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Poultry Meg’s Family by Hans Christian Andersen Poultry Meg’s Family Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Poultry Meg’s Family Poultry Meg was the only person who lived in the new stately dwelling that had been built for the fowls and ducks belonging to the manor house. It stood there where once the old knightly building […]

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The Dryad by Hans Christian Andersen The Dryad Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Dryad We are travelling to Paris to the Exhibition. Now we are there. That was a journey, a flight without magic. We flew on the wings of steam over the sea and across the land. Yes, our time is the […]

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The Porter’s Son by Hans Christian Andersen The Porter’s Son Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Porter’s Son The General lived in the grand first floor, and the porter lived in the cellar. There was a great distance between the two families—the whole of the ground floor, and the difference in rank; but they […]

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The Toad by Hans Christian Andersen The Toad Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Toad The well was deep, and therefore the rope had to be a long one; it was heavy work turning the handle when any one had to raise a bucketful of water over the edge of the well. Though the […]

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Delaying is not Forgetting by Hans Christian Andersen Delaying is not Forgetting Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Delaying is not Forgetting There was an old mansion surrounded by a marshy ditch with a drawbridge which was but seldom let down:—not all guests are good people. Under the roof were loopholes to shoot through, and […]

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Our Aunt by Hans Christian Andersen Our Aunt Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Our Aunt You ought to have known our aunt; she was charming! That is to say, she was not charming at all as the word is usually understood; but she was good and kind, amusing in her way, and was just […]

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In the Nursery by Hans Christian Andersen In the Nursery Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen In the Nursery Father, and mother, and brothers, and sisters, were gone to the play; only little Anna and her grandpapa were left at home. “We’ll have a play too,” he said, “and it may begin immediately.” “But we […]

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