Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection.

Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection.

Author	Hans Christian Andersen
Original title	Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Første Samling.
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish
Genre	Literary fairy tale
Publisher	C. A. Reitzel
Publication date	8 May 1835 – 7 April 1837
Media type	Fairy tale collection

Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. (Danish: Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Første Samling.) is a collection of nine fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. A. Reitzel between May 1835 and April 1837, and represent Andersen's first venture into the fairy tale genre.

The nine tales of the three booklets were collected together and published in one volume and sold at seventy-two shillings. A title page, a table of contents, and a preface by Andersen were published in the volume.^[1][2][3]

The stories included were "The Tinder Box" (first booklet), "Little Claus and Big Claus" (first booklet), "The Princess on the Pea" (first booklet), "Little Ida's Flowers" (first booklet), "Thumbelina" (second booklet), "The Naughty Boy" (second booklet), "The Traveling Companion" (second booklet), "The Little Mermaid" (third booklet), and "The Emperor's New Clothes" (third booklet).

See also

References

External links

• The Hans Christian Andersen Center: A website devoted to Andersen's life and works maintained by The University of Southern Denmark.

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Hans Christian Andersen

Bibliography

Short story collections

• Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. (1835–1837)
• Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection (1838–1841)
• New Fairy Tales. First Volume (1843–1845)

Short stories

• "The Angel" (1843)
• "Blockhead Hans" (1855)
• "The Elf Mound" (1845)
• "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1837)
• "The Fir-Tree" (1844)
• "The Flying Trunk" (1839)
• "The Galoshes of Fortune" (1838)
• "The Garden of Paradise" (1839)
• "The Goblin and the Grocer" (1852)
• "Golden Treasure" (1865)
• "The Ice-Maiden" (1861)
• "Little Claus and Big Claus" (1835)
• "The Little Match Girl" (1845)
• "The Little Mermaid" (1837)
• "The Most Incredible Thing" (1870)
• "The Nightingale" (1843)
• "Ole Lukoie" (1841)
• "The Princess and the Pea" (1835)
• "The Red Shoes" (1845)
• "The Shadow" (1847)
• "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" (1845)
• "The Snow Queen" (1844)
• "The Snowman" (1861)
• "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (1838)
• "The Story of a Mother" (1847)
• "The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball" (1843)
• "The Swineherd" (1841)
• "The Tallow Candle" (1820s)
• "The Teapot" (1863)
• "Thumbelina" (1835)
• "The Tinderbox" (1835)
• "The Travelling Companion" (1835)
• "The Ugly Duckling" (1843)
• "What the Old Man Does is Always Right" (1861)
• "The Wicked Prince" (1840)
• "The Wild Swans" (1838)

Novels

• The Improvisatore (1835)
• O.T (1836)
• The Two Baronesses (1848)

Plays, operas

• Little Kirsten (1846)
• When the Spaniards Were Here (1865)

Poems and songs

• Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå
• Danmark, mit fædreland
• Hist hvor vejen slår en bugt

Other works

• Christine's Picture Book (art book)

Works inspired by
Andersen's life and works

• Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
• The Daydreamer (1966)
• The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968)
• Andersen Monogatari (1971)
• The Fairytaler (2002–2003)
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003 miniseries)
• Young Andersen (2005 serial)

Related

• Hans Christian Andersen Museums
• Pleated Christmas hearts
• International Children's Book Day
• Hans Christian Andersen Award
• Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award

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