Hans Christian Andersen

The Buckwheat by Hans Christian Andersen The Buckwheat Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Buckwheat Very often, after a violent thunder-storm, a field of buckwheat appears blackened and singed, as if a flame of fire had passed over it. The country people say that this appearance is caused by lightning; but I will tell […]

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A Rose from Homer’s Grave by Hans Christian Andersen A Rose from Homer’s Grave Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen A Rose from Homer’s Grave All the songs of the east speak of the love of the nightingale for the rose in the silent starlight night. The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers. Not far […]

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The Metal Pig by Hans Christian Andersen The Metal Pig Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Metal Pig In the city of Florence, not far from the Piazza del Granduca, runs a little street called Porta Rosa. In this street, just in front of the market-place where vegetables are sold, stands a pig, made […]

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Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God by Hans Christian Andersen Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God There is nobody in the world who knows so many stories as Ole-Luk-Oie, or who can relate them so nicely. In the evening, while the children are seated at the table or in […]

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What the Moon Saw by Hans Christian Andersen What the Moon Saw Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen What the Moon Saw INTRODUCTION It is a strange thing, when I feel most fervently and most deeply, my hands and my tongue seem alike tied, so that I cannot rightly describe or accurately portray the thoughts […]

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The Wicked Prince by Hans Christian Andersen The Wicked Prince Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Wicked Prince There lived once upon a time a wicked prince whose heart and mind were set upon conquering all the countries of the world, and on frightening the people; he devastated their countries with fire and sword, […]

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The Garden of Paradise from Stories from Hans Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen The Garden of Paradise Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrations by Edmund Dulac The Garden of Paradise There was once a king’s son; nobody had so many or such beautiful books as he had. He could read about everything which had […]

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The Elf of the Rose by Hans Christian Andersen The Elf of the Rose Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Elf of the Rose In the midst of a garden grew a rose-tree, in full blossom, and in the prettiest of all the roses lived an elf. He was such a little wee thing, […]

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The Flying Trunk by Hans Christian Andersen The Flying Trunk Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Flying Trunk There was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have paved the whole street with gold, and would even then have had enough for a small alley. But he did not do so; […]

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The Storks by Hans Christian Andersen The Storks Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Storks On the last house in a little village the storks had built a nest, and the mother stork sat in it with her four young ones, who stretched out their necks and pointed their black beaks, which had not […]

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The Goloshes of Fortune by Hans Christian Andersen The Goloshes of Fortune Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Goloshes of Fortune A Beginning In a house in Copenhagen, not far from the king’s new market, a very large party had assembled, the host and his family expecting, no doubt, to receive invitations in return. […]

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The Brave Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen The Brave Tin Soldier Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Brave Tin Soldier There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked straight before them, and wore a […]

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