Andersen's Fairy Tales
Author:
Hans Christian Andersen 
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Illustrator:
Maxwell Armfield, Troy Howell
Publication:
1988 by Children's Classics (Division of Dilithium Press, Ltd.)
Genre:
Anthology, Classic Literature, Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales
Series:
Dilithium Press Children's Classics 
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Pages:
336
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An illustrated collection of thirty-eight fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," and "The Swineherd."
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Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875Danish
Mr. Hans Christian Andersen himself thought very little of his famous book, Fairy Tales Told for Children. Indeed he called the stories "a mere sleigh... See more
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Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
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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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