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Автор Ганс Христиан Андерсен

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From the Pages of Fairy Tales

Title Page

Copyright Page

Hans Christian Andersen

The World of Hans Christian Andersen and His Fairy Tales

The Hans Christian Andersen We Never Knew

Translator’s Preface

THE ARTIST AND SOCIETY

THE NIGHTINGALE

THE GARDENER AND THE GENTRY

THE FLYING TRUNK

THE WILL-O’-THE-WISPS ARE IN TOWN

THE PIXIE AND THE GARDENER’S WIFE

THE PUPPETEER

“SOMETHING”

WHAT ONE CAN THINK UP

THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING

AUNTIE TOOTHACHEI. II. III. IV.

THE CRIPPLE

FOLK TALES

THE TINDERBOX

LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS

THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA

THE TRAVELING COMPANION

THE WILD SWANS

THE SWINEHERD

MOTHER ELDERBERRY

THE HILL OF THE ELVES

CLOD-HANS AN OLD STORY RETOLD

WHAT FATHER DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT

ORIGINAL FAIRY TALES

THE SHADOW

THE LITTLE MERMAID

THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES

THUMBELINA

THE NAUGHTY BOY

THE GALOSHES OF FORTUNE1. A BEGINNING2. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COUNCILMAN3. THE WATCHMAN’S ADVENTURE4. A HEADY MOMENT. A RECITAL. A MOST UNUSUAL TRIP. 5. THE CLERK’S TRANSFORMATION6. THE BEST THING THE GALOSHES BROUGHT

THE GARDEN OF EDEN

THE BRONZE PIG

THE ROSE ELF

THE PIXIE AT THE GROCER’S

IB AND LITTLE CHRISTINE

THE ICE MAIDEN1. LITTLE RUDY2. JOURNEY TO A NEW HOME3.

RUDY’S UNCLE4. BABETTE5. ON THE WAY HOME6. A VISIT TO THE MILL7. THE EAGLE’S NEST8. THE HOUSECAT HAS NEWS9. THE ICE MAIDEN10. GODMOTHER11. THE COUSIN12. EVIL POWERS13. IN THE MILLER’S HOUSE14. VISIONS IN THE NIGHT15. THE END

EVANGELICAL AND RELIGIOUS TALES

THE SNOW QUEEN AN ADVENTURE IN SEVEN STORIESTHE FIRST STORY - WHICH IS ABOUT THE MIRROR AND THE FRAGMENTSSECOND STORY - A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRLTHIRD STORY - THE FLOWER GARDEN OF THE WOMAN WHO KNEW MAGICFOURTH STORY - APRINCE AND PRINCESSFIFTH STORY - THE LITTLE ROBBER GIRLSIXTH STORY - THE SAMI WOMAN AND THE FINN WOMANSEVENTH STORY - WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SNOW QUEEN’S CASTLE AND WHAT HAPPENED LATER

THE RED SHOES

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

THE BOG KING’S DAUGHTER

THE GIRL WHO STEPPED ON BREAD

THE BELL

THE THORNY PATH TO GLORY

THE JEWISH MAID

THE STORY OLD JOHANNA TOLD

SHE WAS NO GOOD

THE ANTHROPOMORPHIZING OF ANIMALS AND NATURE

THE UGLY DUCKLING

IN THE DUCKYARD

THE STORKS

THE SPRUCE TREE

IT’S PERFECTLY TRUE!

THE DUNG BEETLE

THE BUTTERFLY

THE SNOWDROP

THE SUNSHINE’S STORIES

THE DROP OF WATER

THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR

THE SNOWMAN

THE HUMANIZATION OF TOYS AND OBJECTS

THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER

THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEP

THE DARNING NEEDLE

THE OLD HOUSE

THE RAGS

LEGENDS

HOLGER THE DANE

BIRD PHOENIX

THE FAMILY OF HEN-GRETHE

EVERYTHING IN ITS PROPER PLACE

Commentaries on the Tales

Inspired by Andersen’s

Comments

For Further Reading

Alphabetical Index of the Tales

From the Pages ofFairy Tales

“You see, ladies and gentlemen, Your Royal Majesty! You can never know what to expect from the real nightingale, but everything is determined in the artificial bird. It will be so-and-so, and no different! You can explain it; you can open it up and show the human thought—how the cylinders are placed, how they work, and how one follows the other!”