120+ Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

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, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyrs, or "fantastic tales"—express themes that transcend age and nationality.

It was during 1835 that Andersen published the first installment of his immortal Fairy Tales (Danish: Eventyr; lit. "fantastic tales"). More stories, completing the first volume, were published in 1836 and 1837. The collection consists of nine tales that includes The Tinderbox, The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Little Mermaid, and The Emperor's New Clothes.

CONTENTS

A Story

By the Almshouse Window

The Angel

Anne Lisbeth

The Conceited Apple-branch

Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind

The Beetle who went on his Travels

The Bell

The Bell-deep

The Bird of Popular Song

The Bishop of Borglum and his Warriors

The Bottle Neck

The Buckwheat

The Butterfly

A Cheerful Temper

The Child in the Grave

Children's Prattle

The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock

The Daisy

The Darning-Needle

Delaying is not Forgetting

The Drop of Water

The Dryad

Jack the Dullard

The Dumb Book

The Elf of the Rose

The Elfin Hill

The Emperor's New Suit

The Fir Tree

The Flax

The Flying Trunk

The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship

The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf

The Goblin and the Huckster

The Golden Treasure

The Goloshes of Fortune

She was Good for Nothing

Grandmother

A Great Grief

The Happy Family

A Leaf from Heaven

Holger Danske

Ib and Little Christina

The Ice Maiden

The Jewish Maiden

The Jumper

The Last Dream of the Old Oak

The Last Pearl

Little Claus and Big Claus

The Little Elder-tree Mother

Little Ida's Flowers

The Little Match-seller

The Little Mermaid

Little Tiny or Thumbelina

Little Tuk

The Loveliest Rose in the World

The Mail-coach Passengers

The Marsh King's Daughter

The Metal Pig

The Money-box

What the Moon Saw

The Neighbouring Families

The Nightingale

There is no Doubt about it

In the Nursery

The Old Bachelor's Nightcap

The Old Church Bell

The Old Grave-stone

The Old House

What the Old Man Does is Always Right

The Old Street Lamp

Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God

Ole the Tower-keeper

Our Aunt

The Garden of Paradise

The Pea Blossom

The Pen and the Inkstand

The Philosopher's Stone

The Phoenix Bird

The Portuguese Duck

The Porter's Son

Poultry Meg's Family

The Princess and the Pea

The Psyche

The Puppet-show Man

The Races

The Red Shoes

Everything in the Right Place

A Rose from Homer's Grave

The Snail and the Rose-tree

A Story from the Sand-hills

The Saucy Boy

The Shadow

The Shepherdess and the Sheep

The Silver Shilling

The Shirt-collar

The Snow Man

The Snow Queen

The Snowdrop

Something

Soup from a Sausage Skewer

The Storks

The Storm Shakes the Shield

The Story of a Mother

The Sunbeam and the Captive

The Swan's Nest

The Swineherd

The Thistle's Experiences

The Thorny Road of Honor

In a Thousand Years

The Brave Tin Soldier

The Tinder-box

The Toad

The Top and Ball

The Travelling Companion

Two Brothers

Two Maidens

The Ugly Duckling

Under the Willow Tree

In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea

What One Can Invent

The Wicked Prince

The Wild Swans

The Will-o-the-Wisp in the Town, Says the Wild Woman

The Story of the Wind

The Windmill

The Story of the Year