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The Red Shoes
A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a girl's desire for a pair of red dancing shoes almost dooms her to dance forever.
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
October 1st 1997
by Charlesbridge Publishing
(first published April 7th 1845)
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Dec 30, 2012
Laura
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From BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Drama:
Karen's heart is set on a pair of red shoes whose magic compels her to dance to her death.
Karen's heart is set on a pair of red shoes whose magic compels her to dance to her death.
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کارن، دختر یک کشاورز است. پس از مرگ مادرش توسط یک خانم پیر ثروتمند نگهداری می شود. او عاطل و باطل بزرگ می شود. در خانه ی پدری یک جفت کفش زمخت قرمز داشته و حالا از مادر خوانده اش می خواهد تا یک جفت کفش قرمز که مناسب شاهزاده هاست، برایش بخرد. کارن حتی برای رفتن به کلیسا هم کفش های قرمز را بپا می کند. تا این که مادر خوانده ی کارن بیمار می شود اما کارن او را تنها می گذارد و ترجیح می دهد با کفش های قرمزش به میهمانی برود و جلوه گری کند. سربازی مرموز متوجه ی کفش های قرمز و زیبای کارن می شود. کارن شروع...more
By the end the whole message of the story became a little confusing to me. The red shoes behaving like the devil's gift and the life saving grace of the angel. May be a little too overboard.
From what I understood, with this story Anderson was trying to send a few very controversial messages
--> Against the bent towards glamour and showbiz which had just started to grow when this was written
--> A propaganda for the church to make people come towards orthodox Christianity
--> Everyone, ch...more
From what I understood, with this story Anderson was trying to send a few very controversial messages
--> Against the bent towards glamour and showbiz which had just started to grow when this was written
--> A propaganda for the church to make people come towards orthodox Christianity
--> Everyone, ch...more
Hm. I didn't like this as much as I thought I would! It seems to me there's a better story here than the one Andersen wrote. For some (obvious) reason, I'm reminded of a quote from ballerina Gelsey Kirkland's autobiography, Dancing On My Grave. A ballet teacher or someone had said to her, "Oh, it was lovely, Gelsey. But, you know, you didn't make me weep." This story didn't make me weep. I'd even say it lacked heart.
But, I still give him credit for the idea. If we didn't have the fairy tale, we...more
But, I still give him credit for the idea. If we didn't have the fairy tale, we...more
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Feb 08, 2010
Angela Alcorn
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Project Gutenberg has a free ebook and audiobook of a Hans Christian Andersen book with 18 fairy tales in it.
These are the stories in the Project Gutenberg files:
-- The emperor's new clothes
-- The swineherd
-- The real princess
-- The shoes of fortune
-- The fir tree
-- The snow queen
-- The leap-frog
-- The elderbush
-- The bell
-- The old house
-- The happy family
-- The story of a mother
-- The false collar
-- The shadow
-- The little match girl
-- The dream of little Tuk
-- The naughty bo...more
These are the stories in the Project Gutenberg files:
-- The emperor's new clothes
-- The swineherd
-- The real princess
-- The shoes of fortune
-- The fir tree
-- The snow queen
-- The leap-frog
-- The elderbush
-- The bell
-- The old house
-- The happy family
-- The story of a mother
-- The false collar
-- The shadow
-- The little match girl
-- The dream of little Tuk
-- The naughty bo...more
Feb 20, 2012
Nicole Yncera
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The Children story The Red Shoes I think was a little much for children. It was a little complex and when the mother dies is sad and I think it is a little much for a small child . I understand that life is sometimes sad and children stories teach a lesson, but it should be like an animal getting hurt or something alone those lines not dying. I do believe that the idea was good it was just too much for children.
I am not sure whether to give this a three or a four stars, since I didn't really like some aspects of it, but it's creepiness really caught my attention. I think it is probably the most creepy of all of his stories that I have read.
I've only realized lately why I never "took" to Andersen's stories as a child. His stories (with a few exceptions) aren't really geared towards young children. Some of them are sweet, but not all of them would be the kind of fare I would be wanting to read to the ve...more
I've only realized lately why I never "took" to Andersen's stories as a child. His stories (with a few exceptions) aren't really geared towards young children. Some of them are sweet, but not all of them would be the kind of fare I would be wanting to read to the ve...more
This retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's classic fairytale is well done. It is the story of a girl who becomes obssessed with owning a pair of beautiful red dancing shoes with long silk ribbons. Her grandmother refuses to buy them, claiming they are not practical. Yet she thinks of nothing else and saves up all her money, until finally they are hers. However, the girl soon finds out the consequences of possessing the red shoes. The ending of the story has changed from the original---which was...more
This is a fascinating story and a epitomizes the saying, "Be careful what you wish for." The illustrations are gorgeous, and the shoemaker is especially creepy. I was afraid that it might be too scary for our girls, but they really liked it.
Jan 29, 2012
Angel
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I was little when I read this book and it was scary for me as a little girl but now I know why I'm a different person. lol :)P.S what stinks was I was 5 and It was my B-Day.
Wow. Maybe the reason why the author wrote this was because it's purpose is to scare children? Lol. I liked it though! Be careful of what you wish for!
A classic Hans Christian andersen story about a young girl with a pair of red shoes.
A very short book. However the story and message were worth the message.
This was not my favorite book, but it does teach a lesson of wants and needs
To scary for the kids !
1.5
A beautiful story that quite frankly scared my to death as a child.
I read the version that Chihiro Iwasaki illustrated.
May 07, 2013
Priscila
marked it as to-read
May 05, 2013
Carla
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Hans Christian Andersen, or simply H.C. Andersen, was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling". During Andersen's lifetime he was feted by royalty and acclaimed as having brought joy to children across Europe. His fairy tales have been translated into well over...more
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