Fairy Tales
$26.28
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2005
Summary
The Black Classics edition of our glorious new translation and selection of 30 tales to mark the 200 year anniversary of Andersen’s birth in 2005.
With this new translation and selection, the unique inventiveness of Andersen’s genius is revealed. 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140448931 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140448934 |
| Author: | Hans Christian Andersen, Jackie Wullschläger, Tiina Nunnally |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 346g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
Born in Odense, Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen was the son of a shoemaker and a washerwoman. He is credited with elevating the folk tale to a literary genre, crafting original stories such as “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Little Mermaid,” “The Ugly Duckling,” and “The Snow Queen.” His contributions to children’s literature are immeasurable, and his tales resonate on multiple levels. Andersen died in Copenhagen in 1875.
Jackie Wullschläger (External Editor)
Jackie Wullschläger is the Chief Art Critic for the Financial Times. Her published works include the acclaimed Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller (2000) and Chagall: Love and Exile (2008), which received the Spear’s Biography of the Year Award and was shortlisted for several other prestigious awards. She resides in London.
Tiina Nunnally (Translator)
Tiina Nunnally is an accomplished translator, working from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, and is also a novelist. In 2001, she received the PEN Translation Prize for her translation of the third volume of Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter. Her translations of Hans Christian Andersen and Tove Ditlevsen for Penguin Classics have garnered widespread praise.
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