The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen: A New Translation from the Danish
"This is the real Andersen, restored to life, in the flavor of Danish. . .here at last  you will find him."  --Garrison Keillor"The Franks’ edition finally sets the stories straight and . . . clarifies the tale most often told wrong—Andersen’s own life story."  --Elise Soukup  Newsweek"Adults and children alike need the actual Andersen, here made brilliantly available by the Franks."  --Harold Bloom, editor of Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages."A beautiful new translation." Vogue"[The Franks] have stripped away the florid Victorianism of the previous translations...[and] have widened the scope of Andersen's oeuvre."  --Heather Caldwell, Bookforum"A superb book of Andersen's tales . . . it will be difficult for other commemorative editions to match this publication.”  --Jack Zipes Minneapolis Star-Tribune"This beautiful and useful volume combines new translations of the canonical stories with some of the original illustrations." The New York Times Book Review