Project Gutenberg 2010-05-28 Public domain in the USA. 492 Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805 1875 Andersen, Hans Christian Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H.) 1840 Lansing, Jenny H. Stickney Stickney, Jenny H. Stickney, J.H. Hart, Edna F. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. First Series The fir tree -- Little Tuk -- The ugly duckling -- Little Ida's flowers -- The steadfast tin soldier -- Little Thumbelina -- Sunshine stories -- The darning-needle -- The little match girl -- The loving pair -- The leaping match -- The happy family -- The greenies -- Ole-Luk-Oie, the dream god -- The money box -- Elder-tree Mother -- The Snow Queen -- The roses and the sparrows -- The old house -- The conceited apple branch. Produced by Sharon Joiner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. First Series" by H. C. Andersen is a collection of children's fairy tales written in the mid-19th century. This anthology features well-known stories that capture the imagination, including "The Fir Tree," "The Ugly Duckling," and "Thumbelina." The tales explore themes of nature, the human experience, and the trials of growing up, often with a moral or lesson intertwined. The opening of the collection introduces readers to two enchanting stories. In "The Fir Tree," a young fir tree constantly yearns for something more than its humble life in the forest, hoping to become tall and majestic like its companions, only to face unforeseen consequences when it is finally cut down. The sadness of its journey echoes the sentiments of longing and dissatisfaction. Following this is "The Ugly Duckling," which tells the poignant tale of a shy creature who struggles to find its identity among others who reject it for its appearance, leading to a powerful revelation about self-acceptance and beauty in being different. Together, these beginnings set the stage for the mix of wonder and melancholy typical of Andersen's storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32571/32571-h/images/cover.jpg en Fairy tales Fairy tales -- Denmark Children's stories, Danish -- Translations into English PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 360248 360256 2024-09-14T03:45:47.161353 2023-09-14T08:45:28.477662 text/html text/html 361386 2010-05-28T12:10:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1111362 2010-05-28T12:11:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1134142 2024-09-14T03:45:58.108276 application/epub+zip 1136197 2024-09-14T03:45:50.691307 application/epub+zip 212776 2024-09-14T03:45:47.876337 application/epub+zip 3097819 2024-09-14T03:46:02.312287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3052711 2024-09-14T03:45:55.166349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283448 2022-09-15T05:18:31.031369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315427 2024-09-14T03:45:46.293344 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 315190 2010-05-28T12:10:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 116040 2010-05-28T12:11:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 315284 2010-05-28T12:11:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116012 2010-05-28T12:11:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315299 2010-05-28T12:11:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 115964 2010-05-28T12:11:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23200 2024-09-14T03:46:02.468272 application/rdf+xml 26647 2024-09-14T03:45:47.968313 image/jpeg 3186 2024-09-14T03:45:47.922319 image/jpeg 1112019 2024-09-14T03:45:47.298318 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia