Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Hans Christian Andersen´s Fairy Tales A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of the world´s most celebrate fairy tales. Every man´s life is a fairy tale, written by God´s fingers. - Hans Christian Andersen. A delightful ѕelection of stories from Hans Christian Andersen, translated by the eminent writer and critic, Naomi Lewis. All the best-known and most-loved stories are included - ´Thumbelina´, ´The Snow Queen´, ´The Emperor´s New Clothes´ etc, as well as the less familiar - ´The Goblin at the Grocer´s´ and ´Dance, Dolly, Dance´. Puffin Clothbound Classics is a series of much-loved stories from classic children´s literature, brought together by Puffin Books in beautiful hardback volumes.
Author
Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. Andersen) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyr, or "fairy-tales" — express themes that transcend age and nationality. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.
