num_pages: 697
description: Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's most popular storytellers and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature. Readers the world over know his poignant tale of The Little Mermaid who sacrifices everything for love and The Steadfast Tin Soldier whose affection for a paper ballerina is symbolized by his transformation into a small tin heart. Several of Andersen's stories are so well knownamong them The Emperor's New Clothes and The Ugly Ducklingthat their titles alone have become meaningful figures of speech. Hans Christian Andersen: Classic Fairy Tales collects 100 of Andersen's incomparable fairy tales and stories among them Thumbelina The Little Match Girl The Princess and the Pea The Red Shoes The Wild Swans and his fantasy masterpiece The Snow-Queen. The book is abundantly illustrated with more than 100 hundred drawings and color plates by Dugald Stewart Walker and Hans Tegner two of Andersen's best-known illustrators.
language: English
title: Classic Fairy Tales
publisher: Barnes and Nobles, Inc.