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Andersen's Fairy Tales

ByHans Christian Andersen

In the English-speaking world, stories such as "Thumbelina", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", and "The Princess and the Pea" remain popular and are widely read. "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling" have both passed into the English language as well-known expressions. In the Copenhagen harbor there is a statue of The Little Mermaid, placed in honor of Hans Christian Andersen. April 2, Andersen's birthday, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day. The year 2005 was the bicentenary of Andersen's birth and his life and work was celebrated around the world.

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Publication Date
Aug 15, 2011
Language
English
ISBN
9781447820963
Category
Children's
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Hans Christian Andersen

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Format
EPUB

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