His first collection of Fairy Tales, Told for Children was published in 1835. He broke new ground for Danish literature with his style and use of idiom, irony and humor, memorable characters and un-didactic moral teaching inspired by the primitive folk tales he had learned as a child. In this book you will find the following tales:
128 fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
The Tinder-Box
Little Claus and Big Claus
The Princess and the Pea
Little Ida’s Flowers
Little Tiny or Thumbelina
The Saucy Boy
The Travelling Companion
The Little Mermaid
The Emperor’s New Suit
The Goloshes of Fortune
The Daisy
The Brave Tin Soldier
The Wild Swans
The Flying Trunk
The Storks
The Elf of the Rose
What the Moon Saw
The Wicked Prince
The Metal Pig
The Shepherd’s Story of the Bond of Friendship
A Rose from Homer’s Grave
The Buckwheat
Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-God
The Swineherd
The Angel
The Nightingale
The Ugly Duckling
The Top and Ball
The Fir Tree
The Snow Queen
The Little Elder-Tree Mother
The Elfin Hill
The Red Shoes
The Jumper
The Shepherdess and the Sweep
Holger Danske
The Bell
Grandmother
The Darning-Needle
The Little Match-Seller
The Sunbeam and the Captive
By the Almshouse Window
The Old Street Lamp
The Neighbouring Families
Little Tuk
The Shadow
The Old House
The drop of Water
The Happy Family
The Story of a Mother
The Shirt-Collar
The Flax
The Phoenix Bird
A Story
The Puppet-Show Man
The Dumb Book
The Old Grave-Stone
The Conceited Apple-Branch
The Loveliest Rose in the World
In a Thousand Years
The Swan’s Nest
The Story of the Year
“There Is No Doubt About It.”
A Cheerful Temper
A Great Grief
The Goblin and the Huckster
Everything in the Right Place
Under the Willow-Tree
The Pea Blossom
She Was Good for Nothing
The Last Pearl
Two Maidens
In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea
The Money-Box
A Leaf from Heaven
Jack the Dullard
Ib and Little Christina
The Thorny Road of Honor
The Jewish Maiden
The Bell-Deep)
The Bottle Neck
Soup from a Sausage Skewer
The Old Bachelor’s Nightcap
Something
The Last Dream of the Old Oak
The Marsh King’s Daughter
The Races
The Story of the Wind
The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
Ole the Tower-Keeper
Anne Lisbeth
Children’s Prattle
The Child in the Grave
Two Brothers
The Pen and the Inkstand
The Farm-Yard Cock and the Weather-Cock
Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind
A Story from the Sand-Hills
The Butterfly
The Bishop of Børglum and His Warriors
The Mail-Coach Passengers
What the Old Man Does Is Always Right
The Snow Man
The Portuguese Duck
The Ice Maiden
The Psyche
The Snail and the Rose-Tree
The Old Church Bell
The Silver Shilling
The Snowdrop
The Bird of Popular Song
The Windmill
In the Nursery
The Storm Shakes the Shield
“Delaying Is Not Forgetting”
The Porter’s Son
Our Aunt
The Toad
The Nis and the Dame
The Dryad
The Court Cards
Good Luck Can Lie in a Pin
Sunshine Stories
What One Can Invent
The Thistle’s Experiences
Poultry Meg’s Family
The Most Incredible Thing
Danish Popular Legends
128 fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
The Tinder-Box
Little Claus and Big Claus
The Princess and the Pea
Little Ida’s Flowers
Little Tiny or Thumbelina
The Saucy Boy
The Travelling Companion
The Little Mermaid
The Emperor’s New Suit
The Goloshes of Fortune
The Daisy
The Brave Tin Soldier
The Wild Swans
The Flying Trunk
The Storks
The Elf of the Rose
What the Moon Saw
The Wicked Prince
The Metal Pig
The Shepherd’s Story of the Bond of Friendship
A Rose from Homer’s Grave
The Buckwheat
Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-God
The Swineherd
The Angel
The Nightingale
The Ugly Duckling
The Top and Ball
The Fir Tree
The Snow Queen
The Little Elder-Tree Mother
The Elfin Hill
The Red Shoes
The Jumper
The Shepherdess and the Sweep
Holger Danske
The Bell
Grandmother
The Darning-Needle
The Little Match-Seller
The Sunbeam and the Captive
By the Almshouse Window
The Old Street Lamp
The Neighbouring Families
Little Tuk
The Shadow
The Old House
The drop of Water
The Happy Family
The Story of a Mother
The Shirt-Collar
The Flax
The Phoenix Bird
A Story
The Puppet-Show Man
The Dumb Book
The Old Grave-Stone
The Conceited Apple-Branch
The Loveliest Rose in the World
In a Thousand Years
The Swan’s Nest
The Story of the Year
“There Is No Doubt About It.”
A Cheerful Temper
A Great Grief
The Goblin and the Huckster
Everything in the Right Place
Under the Willow-Tree
The Pea Blossom
She Was Good for Nothing
The Last Pearl
Two Maidens
In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea
The Money-Box
A Leaf from Heaven
Jack the Dullard
Ib and Little Christina
The Thorny Road of Honor
The Jewish Maiden
The Bell-Deep)
The Bottle Neck
Soup from a Sausage Skewer
The Old Bachelor’s Nightcap
Something
The Last Dream of the Old Oak
The Marsh King’s Daughter
The Races
The Story of the Wind
The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
Ole the Tower-Keeper
Anne Lisbeth
Children’s Prattle
The Child in the Grave
Two Brothers
The Pen and the Inkstand
The Farm-Yard Cock and the Weather-Cock
Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind
A Story from the Sand-Hills
The Butterfly
The Bishop of Børglum and His Warriors
The Mail-Coach Passengers
What the Old Man Does Is Always Right
The Snow Man
The Portuguese Duck
The Ice Maiden
The Psyche
The Snail and the Rose-Tree
The Old Church Bell
The Silver Shilling
The Snowdrop
The Bird of Popular Song
The Windmill
In the Nursery
The Storm Shakes the Shield
“Delaying Is Not Forgetting”
The Porter’s Son
Our Aunt
The Toad
The Nis and the Dame
The Dryad
The Court Cards
Good Luck Can Lie in a Pin
Sunshine Stories
What One Can Invent
The Thistle’s Experiences
Poultry Meg’s Family
The Most Incredible Thing
Danish Popular Legends
