Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

by Hans Christian Andersen, Harry Clarke (Illustrator)

This beautifully designed treasury gathers Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales in a gilt-stamped, hardcover volume, abundantly illustrated by full-color and black-and-white images by Golden Age master Harry Clarke. Offering such classics as "The Snow Queen," "The Nightingale," and "The Wild Swan," this masterful collection showcases Clarke's peerless artistry as he highlights the mythic and uncanny qualities of Andersen's timeless stories. This stunning book will be a welcome addition to any discerning library, private or public.

400 pages, Hardcover

Published July 18, 2017

About the 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.

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice collection of Andersen's fairy tales with beautiful illustrations by Harry Clarke.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Harry Clarke's illustrations are superb, if often a bit bonkers. I do find the cloying sentimentality of HCA's stories often a bit too much.

[Lenuchka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very entertaining, partly quite dark and violent.