Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75). Danish author, the son of a shoemaker, who became one of the world's greatest storytellers.

• Hans Christian Andersen, Preface, The Tinder-Box, Little Claus and Great Claus, The Princess on the Pea, Little Ida’s Flowers, Thumbelina, The Naughty Boy, The Travelling Companion, The Little Sea-Maid, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Goloshes of Fortune, The Daisy, The Hardy Tin Soldier, The Wild Swans, The Loveliest Rose in the World, The Garden of Paradise, A Great Grief, The Swan’s Nest, Holger Danske, “It’s Quite True!”, The Flying Trunk, The Last Pearl, The Storks, The Metal Pig, Grandmother, The Ugly Duckling, A Picture from the Fortress Wall, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper, The Money-Pig, The Red Shoes, The Wicked Prince, Children’s Prattle, Ole Luk-Oie, The Story of a Mother, The Lovers, The Old Street Lamp, Two Brothers, The Bell, By the Almshouse Window, Little Tuk, The Darning-Needle, The Fir-Tree, A Rose from the Grave of Homer, The Swineherd, Elder-Tree Mother, Five Out of One Shell, The Snow Queen, The Flax, The Drop of Water, The Nightingale, The Jumper, The Elf-Hill, The Shirt-Collar, The Neighbouring Families, The Little Match-Girl, vi contents The Buck-Wheat, The Old House, The Happy Family, The Shadow, The Rose-Elf, The Angel, Twelve by the Mail, The Racers

'These fairytales ... have the nature of immortal things.' - Hermann Hesse

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75). Danish author, the son of a shoemaker, who became one of the world's greatest storytellers.

• Hans Christian Andersen, Preface, The Tinder-Box, Little Claus and Great Claus, The Princess on the Pea, Little Ida’s Flowers, Thumbelina, The Naughty Boy, The Travelling Companion, The Little Sea-Maid, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Goloshes of Fortune, The Daisy, The Hardy Tin Soldier, The Wild Swans, The Loveliest Rose in the World, The Garden of Paradise, A Great Grief, The Swan’s Nest, Holger Danske, “It’s Quite True!”, The Flying Trunk, The Last Pearl, The Storks, The Metal Pig, Grandmother, The Ugly Duckling, A Picture from the Fortress Wall, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper, The Money-Pig, The Red Shoes, The Wicked Prince, Children’s Prattle, Ole Luk-Oie, The Story of a Mother, The Lovers, The Old Street Lamp, Two Brothers, The Bell, By the Almshouse Window, Little Tuk, The Darning-Needle, The Fir-Tree, A Rose from the Grave of Homer, The Swineherd, Elder-Tree Mother, Five Out of One Shell, The Snow Queen, The Flax, The Drop of Water, The Nightingale, The Jumper, The Elf-Hill, The Shirt-Collar, The Neighbouring Families, The Little Match-Girl, vi contents The Buck-Wheat, The Old House, The Happy Family, The Shadow, The Rose-Elf, The Angel, Twelve by the Mail, The Racers

'These fairytales ... have the nature of immortal things.' - Hermann Hesse

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75). Danish author, the son of a shoemaker, who became one of the world's greatest storytellers.

• Hans Christian Andersen, Preface, The Tinder-Box, Little Claus and Great Claus, The Princess on the Pea, Little Ida’s Flowers, Thumbelina, The Naughty Boy, The Travelling Companion, The Little Sea-Maid, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Goloshes of Fortune, The Daisy, The Hardy Tin Soldier, The Wild Swans, The Loveliest Rose in the World, The Garden of Paradise, A Great Grief, The Swan’s Nest, Holger Danske, “It’s Quite True!”, The Flying Trunk, The Last Pearl, The Storks, The Metal Pig, Grandmother, The Ugly Duckling, A Picture from the Fortress Wall, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper, The Money-Pig, The Red Shoes, The Wicked Prince, Children’s Prattle, Ole Luk-Oie, The Story of a Mother, The Lovers, The Old Street Lamp, Two Brothers, The Bell, By the Almshouse Window, Little Tuk, The Darning-Needle, The Fir-Tree, A Rose from the Grave of Homer, The Swineherd, Elder-Tree Mother, Five Out of One Shell, The Snow Queen, The Flax, The Drop of Water, The Nightingale, The Jumper, The Elf-Hill, The Shirt-Collar, The Neighbouring Families, The Little Match-Girl, vi contents The Buck-Wheat, The Old House, The Happy Family, The Shadow, The Rose-Elf, The Angel, Twelve by the Mail, The Racers

'These fairytales ... have the nature of immortal things.' - Hermann Hesse