Hans Christian Andersen

The Races by Hans Christian Andersen The Races Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Races A prize, or rather two prizes, a great one and a small one, had been awarded for the greatest swiftness in running,—not in a single race, but for the whole year. “I obtained the first prize,” said the hare. […]

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The Marsh King’s Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen The Marsh King’s Daughter Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Marsh King’s Daughter The storks relate to their little ones a great many stories, and they are all about moors and reed banks, and suited to their age and capacity. The youngest of them are quite […]

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The Bell-Deep by Hans Christian Andersen The Bell-Deep Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Bell-Deep “Ding-dong! ding-dong!” It sounds up from the “bell-deep” in the Odense-Au. Every child in the old town of Odense, on the island of Funen, knows the Au, which washes the gardens round about the town, and flows on under […]

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The Jewish Maiden by Hans Christian Andersen The Jewish Maiden Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Jewish Maiden In a charity school, among the children, sat a little Jewish girl. She was a good, intelligent child, and very quick at her lessons; but the Scripture-lesson class she was not allowed to join, for this […]

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The Thorny Road of Honor by Hans Christian Andersen The Thorny Road of Honor Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Thorny Road of Honor An old story yet lives of the “Thorny Road of Honor,” of a marksman, who indeed attained to rank and office, but only after a lifelong and weary strife against […]

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A Leaf from Heaven by Hans Christian Andersen A Leaf from Heaven Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen A Leaf from Heaven High up in the clear, pure air flew an angel, with a flower plucked from the garden of heaven. As he was kissing the flower a very little leaf fell from it and […]

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The Money-box by Hans Christian Andersen The Money-box Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Money-box In a nursery where a number of toys lay scattered about, a money-box stood on the top of a very high wardrobe. It was made of clay in the shape of a pig, and had been bought of the […]

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Jack the Dullard by Hans Christian Andersen Jack the Dullard Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Jack the Dullard An Old Story Told Anew Far in the interior of the country lay an old baronial hall, and in it lived an old proprietor, who had two sons, which two young men thought themselves too clever […]

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In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea by Hans Christian Andersen In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea Some years ago, large ships were sent towards the north pole, to explore the distant coasts, and to try how far men could penetrate […]

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Ib and Little Christina by Hans Christian Andersen Ib and Little Christina Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Ib and Little Christina In the forest that extends from the banks of the Gudenau, in North Jutland, a long way into the country, and not far from the clear stream, rises a great ridge of land, […]

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Two Maidens by Hans Christian Andersen Two Maidens Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Two Maidens Have you ever seen a maiden? I mean what our pavers call a maiden, a thing with which they ram down the paving-stones in the roads. A maiden of this kind is made altogether of wood, broad below, and […]

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The Last Pearl by Hans Christian Andersen The Last Pearl Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Last Pearl We are in a rich, happy house, where the master, the servants, the friends of the family are full of joy and felicity. For on this day a son and heir has been born, and mother […]

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