The Complete Fairy Tales
Here are all 159 tales written by Hans Christian Anderson, the master Danish storyteller, accompanied by illustrations from Arthur Rackham, Hans Richter, and other. These cherished tales include:• "The Little Mermaid"• "Thumbelina"• "The Emperor's New Clothes"• "The Snow Queen"• "Ib and Little...
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Here are all 159 tales written by Hans Christian Anderson, the master Danish storyteller, accompanied by illustrations from Arthur Rackham, Hans Richter, and other. These cherished tales include:• "The Little Mermaid"• "Thumbelina"• "The Emperor's New Clothes"• "The Snow Queen"• "Ib and Little Christina"• "The Princess and the Pea"
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780517229248 (0517229242)
ASIN: 517229242
Publish date: October 3rd 2006
Publisher: Gramercy
Pages no: 816
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
Fairy Tales,
Short Stories,
Mythology,
Folklore,
Danish
I love some of these fairy tales, I'm looking at you Snow Queen, and some I just didn't like, but they were all great.
OK. So. Fairy Tales. Everyone loves a good fairytale, right?But, you know, one. Or two. Three at best. By the time I'd read all these, I could predict exactly what was going to happen. And most of them are so horrible! Nearly all of them involve death, or unrequited love, or divine judgement, and so...
Eh. I wasn't really impressed with the stories. Fairy tales are very interesting. They are definitely the start of fantasy literature so it's fun to see how far things have come over the years. At the same time, I found they can be a bit dull (for me). The biggest problem is the stories don't have a...
ذكريات الطفولة الجميلة ، عالم هانز أندرسون الساحر ، الطبعة القديمة المهترئة ذات الأوراق الصفراء والتي أقلب كل صفحة بمفردها علي حدي ، مازالت احتفظ بهذه النسخة في ظرف بني كبير ولا اريد تجمعيها أو تجليدها لذكريات هذه النسخة بحالتها تلك معي :)
Some stories are quite deep and many, many of them are very sad, when dealing with the harsh reality of life.