Andersen's Fairy Tales
Illustrator:
Lawrence Beall Smith
Foreword:
Clifton Fadiman
Original author:
Hans Christian Andersen 
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Publication:
1963 by Macmillan and Co.
Genre:
Anthology, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales
Series:
Macmillan Classics with Clifton Fadiman 
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Pages:
542
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I am much older than you. But I think I got as much pleasure re-reading these lovely tales as you did reading them for the first time," writes Clifton Fadiman in his afterword.
The magic of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales is as irresistible to today's children as it was to the children who heard them long ago. In this new edition—the most complete available—are fifty-five of his best stories, including The Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea, The Nightingale, The Little Match Girl, The Red Shoes; three longer stories—The Snow Queen, The Ice Maiden, The Marsh King's Daughter; and many more memorable ones that have been delighting lovers of a good story for over a century.
Lawrence Beall Smith's paintings and drawings move with great sweep and color, encircling Andersen's special world with charm, warmth, and good humor.
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Lawrence Beall Smith
1909-1995American
Lawrence Beall Smith was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. While at the Univ... See more
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Podcast
Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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