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Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. He endured a lonely, impoverished childhood consoled by little more than his own imagination. He escaped to a theatre life in Copenhagen aged 14 where the support of a powerful patron enabled him to complete his scant education, and to write. His poetry, novels and travel books became hugely popular. But it was his Fairy Tales, the first children's stories of their kind, published in instalments from 1835 until the time of his death in 1875, that have immortalised him. Translated into more than 100 languages and adapted to every kind of media, they have made Andersen the most important children's writer in history.
Best Fairy Tales
The Wild Swans
The Snow Queen
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Discover Best Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Published by Macmillan Collector's Library.
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Could there be a better time to read The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. Published by Pushkin Children's Books.
Books can be so much fun, why not share this one The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen from Pushkin Children's Books
Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen from Andersen
How many books have you got? A library of books can be so inviting and exciting! Best Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen from Macmillan Collector's Library.
3 months ago
Has your school library got Best Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen? Published by Macmillan Collector's Library.
Why not read about some other fairies in Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen from Puffin Classics
5 months ago
Why not read about some other fairies in Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen from Penguin Random House Children's UK
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