Hans Christian Andersen

Under the Willow Tree by Hans Christian Andersen Under the Willow Tree Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Under the Willow Tree The region round the little town of Kjoge is very bleak and cold. The town lies on the sea shore, which is always beautiful; but here it might be more beautiful than it […]

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A Great Grief by Hans Christian Andersen A Great Grief Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen A Great Grief This story really consists of two parts. The first part might be left out, but it gives us a few particulars, and these are useful. We were staying in the country at a gentleman’s seat, where […]

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She was Good for Nothing by Hans Christian Andersen She was Good for Nothing Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen She was Good for Nothing The mayor stood at the open window. He looked smart, for his shirt-frill, in which he had stuck a breast-pin, and his ruffles, were very fine. He had shaved his […]

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The Pea Blossom by Hans Christian Andersen The Pea Blossom Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Pea Blossom There were once five peas in one shell, they were green, the shell was green, and so they believed that the whole world must be green also, which was a very natural conclusion. The shell grew, […]

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Everything in the Right Place by Hans Christian Andersen Everything in the Right Place Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Everything in the Right Place It is more than a hundred years ago! At the border of the wood, near a large lake, stood the old mansion: deep ditches surrounded it on every side, in […]

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The Goblin and the Huckster by Hans Christian Andersen The Goblin and the Huckster Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Goblin and the Huckster There was once a regular student, who lived in a garret, and had no possessions. And there was also a regular huckster, to whom the house belonged, and who occupied […]

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The Old Grave-stone by Hans Christian Andersen The Old Grave-stone Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Old Grave-stone In a house, with a large courtyard, in a provincial town, at that time of the year in which people say the evenings are growing longer, a family circle were gathered together at their old home. […]

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The Swan’s Nest by Hans Christian Andersen The Swan’s Nest Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Swan’s Nest Between the Baltic and the North Sea there lies an old swan’s nest, wherein swans are born and have been born that shall never die. In olden times a flock of swans flew over the Alps […]

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A Cheerful Temper by Hans Christian Andersen A Cheerful Temper Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen A Cheerful Temper From my father I received the best inheritance, namely a “good temper.” “And who was my father?” That has nothing to do with the good temper; but I will say he was lively, good-looking round, and […]

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There is no Doubt about it by Hans Christian Andersen There is no Doubt about it Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen There is no Doubt about it “That was a terrible affair!” said a hen, and in a quarter of the town, too, where it had not taken place. “That was a terrible affair […]

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The Story of the Year by Hans Christian Andersen The Story of the Year Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Story of the Year It was near the end of January, and a terrible fall of snow was pelting down, and whirling through the streets and lanes; the windows were plastered with snow on […]

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In a Thousand Years by Hans Christian Andersen In a Thousand Years Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen In a Thousand Years Yes, in a thousand years people will fly on the wings of steam through the air, over the ocean! The young inhabitants of America will become visitors of old Europe. They will come […]

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