Hans Christian Andersen

Originally published in 1924, this collection The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen is illustrated with the magnificent Art Nouveau color illustrations of Kay Nielsen. It was a project that took Nielsen twelve years to complete, and his illustrations perfectly capture the other-worldly spirit of Andersen's subject matter. It includes such well-known and loved tales as "The Snow Queen," "The Real Princess," "The Hardy Tin Soldier" and "The Nightingale."...

El texto sencillo y ilustraciones cautivadoras se emparejan con música hermosa y efectos de sonido divertidos para ayudar a contar el cuento clásico de "La Princesa y el Guisante." El Príncipe viaja por todo el mundo en busca de su Princesa perfecta. Pero algo no esta bien con ellas. O hablan demasiado, o no en absoluto. Algunas son demasiadas viejas para él, o demasiadas jóvenes. Otros están mimadas o tienen demasiados perros ruidosos. Averigua...

Once upon a time, a china shepherdess and a chimney sweep who were placed close to each other decided to marry. However, another doll, who said he was the shepherdess's grandfather, wanted her to marry the major general engraved on the dresser...

The men of our world who experience glory do not generally attain it easily. There have been several martyrs who, before knowing honour, have had to follow a very thorny path...

The star that is brightest this morning knows many things: she has watched over the earth for centuries and knows many things that we men have long forgotten. Today, she tells us the story of the Roman artist that only she knows...

He had been ill a long time and God came for him – the parents and sisters of the little four-year-old boy who had died were inconsolable. No chagrin was greater than that of the boy's mother, yet she found some consolation at her son's grave...

A child is gravely ill and his mother has already spent three nights at his bedside. Then, a strange man knocks on the door and she bids him enter to shelter from the cold. But, it was death himself at the door and he made the most of the mother falling asleep to steal her son. So, she decided to go after him.

In the city of Florence is a bronze statue of a boar, from who's mouth runs the water that is collected by the people of Florence. One evening, a poor boy came to drink and found a little lettuce and a few chestnuts on the ground, which became his supper. He then fell asleep on the animal's back, but when midnight sounded, the animal came to life. And so their adventure began!

Oh, wie schön das Leben doch wäre, wenn ich als Mast eines Schiffes die Ozeane befahren könnte! Oder wäre ich ein leuchtender Weihnachtsbaum in einer warmen Stube! Wäre ich doch nur nicht hier! Der kleine Tannenbaum träumt sich weit weg von seinem Wald. Obwohl ihn täglich die Sonne wärmt und der Wind ihn umweht, so ist er doch nicht glücklich. Eines Tages wird sein Wunsch erfüllt: Er wird gefällt und fortgebracht. Doch wird ihn dies glücklich...

This collection, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen was originally published in 1932. It contains many of Hans Christian's best-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming color plates and black and white drawings of Arthur Rackham. The stories include: "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Thumbelina," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Little Match Girl," "The Little Mermaid," and...