The Nightingale
Author:
Hans Christian Andersen 
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Illustrator:
Harold Berson
Publication:
1962 by J.B. Lippincott Company
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fiction
Pages:
32
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One of the most beloved of Andersen's stories is this tale of the Chinese emperor and the nightingale who sang first to the little kitchen-maid and then to the emperor, himself. All the court was impressed by the bird's song until the emperor of Japan sent the emperor of China a mechanical nightingale.
Andersen's wit and irony and his wonderful skill as a story-teller are wonderfully combined in this fable for children and grownups. Harold Berson's three-color illustrations catch the spirit of the story and combine with the text to make a truly distinguished picture book.
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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
Harold Berson
1926 - 1986American
Harold Berson's beautiful illustrations for such classics as The Emperor and the Nightingale and Racketty-Packetty House have receive... 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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