Complete Fairy Tales (Andersen)

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872.

For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children. Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever. Here are all of Andersen's 168 tales, and among the favourites are The Red Shoes, The Mermaid, The Real Princess, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Tinder Box and of course The Ugly Duckling.

Fairy Tales include:

• The Mermaid
• Hans Clodhopper
• The Flying Trunk
• The Rose Elf
• The Wild Swans
• The Elf-Hill
• The Real Princess
• A Picture from the Ramparts
• The Red Shoes
• Thumbelisa
• The Goblin and the Huckster
• The Bottle Neck
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier
• The Angel
• The Butterfly
• Psyche
• The Snail and the Rose-bush
• The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf
• The Nightingale
• The Storks
• The Little Match Girl
• Great Claus and Little Claus
• The Garden of Paradise
• Little Tuk
• The Wind’s Tale about Waldemar Daa and his Daughters
• The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories
• A Rose from Homer’s Grave
• The Emperor’s New Clothes
• The Naughty Boy
• Holger the Dane
• What the Moon Saw
• The Tinder Box
• The Story of a Mother
• The Marsh King’s Daughter
• The Galoshes of Fortune
• The Bronze Boar
• The Bell
• Olé Luköié, the Dustman
• The Swineherd
• The Travelling Companions
• The Ugly Duckling