Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is a collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen retold for younger readers. It includes "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Snow Queen", "The Princess and the Pea" and other classic stories, as well as a short biography of Hans Christian Andersen.

All the illustrated stories of the immortal Hans Christian Andersen are included in this handsome volume, a facsimile reproduction of a collection that first appeared in 1889. Hans Christian Andersen is regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of fairy tales. His characters are brought to life by his innovative use of dialects and attention to detail. Full of humour and imagination, Andersen weaves together situations and worlds which transport the reader. Included in this volume are the well-known tales of The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Suit, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, The Little Match-Seller and many more...

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales includes many of his classic stories. He began writing his original fairy tales in 1835 but he did not see particular success with them until they were translated and published in English beginning 1845. Includes classic tales such as The Little Mermaid, The Red Shoes and The Tinderbox

Hans Christian Andersen is the best-loved of all tellers of fairy tales. .

Hans Christian Andersen is the best-loved of all tellers of fairy tales. .

Along with famous stories including "The Ugly Duckling", "Thumbelina" and "The Emperor's New Suit", this collection includes some less well-known but no less magical tales such as a"The Red Shoes", "The Wild Swans" and the fable of the solitary Phoenix bird.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales is an enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic Naomi Lewis, and contains twelve of Hans Christian Andersen's magnificent stories including Thumbelina, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high, The Emperor's New Clothes, the tale of a man who cares only for his appearance and The Little Mermaid, who longs to one day marry a human prince. The book includes a behind-the-scenes journey, including an author profile, a guide to who's who, activities and more. Retold by Naomi Lewis.

The Hans Andersen Fairy Tales will be read in schools and homes as long as there are children who love to read. As a story-teller for children the author has no rival in power to enlist the imagination and carry it along natural, healthful lines. The power of his tales to charm and elevate runs like a living thread through whatever he writes. A few children's authors will be ranked among the Immortals, and Hans Andersen is one of them. The text of the present edition is a reprint of an earlier one which was based upon a sentence-by-sentence comparison of the four or five translations current in Europe and America. It has been widely commended as enjoyable reading, while faithful to the letter and spirit of the Danish original. The order of the selections adapts the reading to the growing child should be sufficiently easy for children of about eight or nine years old.

The Little Mermaid is one of the most haunting love stories ever written. Its author, Hans Christian Andersen, is a master storyteller whose tales have withstood the test of time and have been shared across borders and languages. In this sparkling anthology 17 of his creations are enchantingly retold for children today by Neil Philip. Many of his most popular tales are here: The Tinderbox, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Little Match Girl. Read about Little Ida who dared to dance at night with the flowers, the young prince who searched for a mysterious bell deep in the forest, and the very vain emperor who was cruelly tricked by wicked thieves. There are also some less-well known stories that will delight a new generation of children including Five Peas from the Same Pod, The Goblin at the Grocer's, The Flying Trunk and The Beetle. Delightfully illustrated with Isabelle Brent's magical watercolours, lavishly embellished with gold decorations. Originally the son of a poor shoemaker, the secret of Andersen's success is that he wrote his stories as if he were telling them to a child. None of the original magic has been lost in this joyful new edition, ideal to read aloud or for older readers to enjoy discovering by themselves.

In these classic stories, we meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends and an emperor with some strange new clothes. 8,094 words. British English. Retold by Karen Holmes.

Издание полностью на английском языке. Мягкая обложка, бумага офсетная.

Некоторые сказки великого датского писателя Ханса Кристиана Андерсена (1805-1875) так глубоко вошли в наше сознание, что порой мы даже забываем, принадлежат ли они перу писателя или существуют сами по себе. Это полностью относится, наверное, к самой поучительной и загадочной сказке Андерсена - "Оле-Лукойе", опубликованной в декабре 1841 года в последнем из шести сборников "Сказок, рассказанных детям". Благодаря этой сказке многие дети познакомились с удивительным существом, которое носит обычное датское имя - Оле. А вот вторая часть его имени означает "закрой глазки". Оле-Лукойе был известен в датском фольклоре задолго до того, как Андерсен написал свою сказку, но теперь о том, фольклорном, Оле просто забыли: его место занял андерсеновский персонаж с его волшебным зонтиком, насылающим сны. В настоящем издании использован полный текст сказки в прекрасном переводе Анны Ганзен. Книга богато иллюстрирована жизнерадостными, теплыми и добрыми рисунками замечательной художницы Надежды Федотовой. Все иллюстрации выполнены в технике левкас, применяемой еще в русской средневековой иконописи. Самая загадочная сказка великого Х.К. Андерсена на английском языке. Полный текст. Иллюстрации Надежды Федотовой. Перевод на английский язык Джин Хершольт.

The Emperor of China invites the nightingale of the forest to stay at court. She sings beautifully and everyone loves her. Things change when a colourful artificial bird arrives in the palace. The nightingale is not anymore the favourite one and flies away. All of a sudden the Emperor is not well and realises that what he needs is that beautiful, real singing. Will the nightingale ever be back?

Containing an enchanting mix of familiar favourites and hidden gems, the Penguin Classics edition of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales is translated by Tiina Nunnally and edited with an introduction by Jackie Wullschlager. The first writer to create timeless, universal fairy tales from his own imagination, Hans Christian Andersen conjured up a world of icy queens, match girls and tin soldiers, rewarded virtue and unfulfilled desire. Rich with popular tales such as 'The Emperor's New Clothes' and 'The Ugly Duckling', this revelatory new collection contains many later, darker and rarely collected stories, such as 'Auntie Toothache' and 'The Shadow', in which a man's shadow slyly takes over his life. This sparkling new translation captures the eccentric charm of Andersen's original, colloquial Danish style as never before. The introduction vividly describes his changing style and there are notes on every tale.

'There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels' Though criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersen's tales made him an international star, taken to the hearts of children and adults for their beauty, sorrow and strangeness. Included here are 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

A new selection of 30 tales to mark the 200 year anniversary of Andersen's birth in 2005. Tiina Nunnally's sparkling translation captures the rawness and immediacy of Andersen's style, for the first time enabling English readers to be as startled and amazed as his original readers were, and revealing the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius. At a time when children's stories were formal, moral and didactic, Hans Christian Andersen revolutionized the genre, giving an anarchic twist to traditional folklore and creating a huge number of utterly original stories that sprang directly from his imagination. From the exuberant early stories such as 'The Emperor's New Clothes', though poignant masterpieces such as 'The Little Mermaid' and 'The Ugly Duckling', to the darker, more subversive later tales written for adults, the stories included here are endlessly experimental, both humorous and irreverent, sorrowful and strange. This book - beautifully illustrated with a selection of Andersen's amazing paper cut-outs - will bring these magical tales to life for readers of any age.