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Fairy Tales and Stories

Hans Christian Andersen

Form
Form Short Story Collection
Year
Year 1835
Originally in
Originally in Danish
Pages
Pages 480

A Danish storyteller spins tales where a mermaid trades her voice for legs, an ugly duckling turns out to be a swan, and a child freezes to death dreaming by matchlight, using wonder to carry real loss and longing.

"But the Emperor has nothing at all on!" said a little child.
Fairy Tales and Stories, Hans Christian Andersen

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