About this title: A new selection of 30 tales to mark the 200 year anniversary of Andersen's birth in 2005. Tiina Nunnally's sparkling translation captures the rawness and immediacy of Andersen's style, for the first time enabling English readers to be as startled and amazed as his original readers were, and revealing the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius. At a time when children's stories were formal, moral and didactic, Hans Christian Andersen revolutionized the genre, giving an anarchic twist to traditional folklore and creating a huge number of utterly original stories that sprang directly from his ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weathervane Books
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9781851700660ISBN:1851700668
Description: Very Good. Item is mailed from New York within 48 hours, and takes about 4-10 days to arrive within the USA. International Orders may take 7-14 days. read more
Description: Acceptable. ---377 pages. Interior-there is cracking on the inside-front w/ uniform yellowing throughout the text. The boards have light-to-moderate wear/soiling, and there is insect damage w/ splitting along the gutters. -Publish Place: -Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Description: Good. Dust Cover Missing. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. 0670033774 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Junior Deluxe Editions, Garden City
Date Published: 0000
Description: Jean O'Neill. Fair. This book is in fair condition. The pages are intact. The spine is coming loose. There are some marks throughout this book. It has been well loved. read more
Description: Good. ---343 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The boards have light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
"So far I've only read these tales: The Emperor's New Clothes (1837) The Happy Family (1847) The Little Mermaid (1836) The Nightingale (1844) The Princess and the Pea (1835) The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (1845) The Snow Queen (1844) The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1838) Thumbelina (1835) The Ugly Duckling (1844) The Goblin at the Grocer's (1853)
They're all good except the Snow Queen which is so bad I never finished it. I absolutely loved The Goblin at the Grocer's and want a picture of the little Goblin sitting atop the chimney holding his precious book to hang in my home."
"This set of four volumes appeared in the house around Christmas, perhaps being presented as a present. This English edition was published in the place of the author's birth.
Although I started reading the stories immediately, it was probably years before I finished them, years which involved reading quite a few of them to my little brother."
"I still have the copy from my childhood, illustrated by Arthur Szyk. His illustrations emphasize the sad & creepy aspects of the stories in a way that gave me chills when I was a kid, and still kind of creep me out. I'm going to have to re-read my book, now that I've added it to my GR collection."
"Ok. I am pretty sure this is not the one I read, but the one I have is pretty old and probably not on here. I asked for a book of original fairy tales for Christmas one year and got this and could not have been happier. In it, there are a ton of unedited-for-Disney stories that range from pretty basic to totally bizarre. A favorite short one is "The Jumping Contest" in which a flea, a "jumping jack", and some other thing all have a contest to see who can jump highest. Whoever does gets to marry the princess. The jumping jack wins through some kind of cunning and even though I have no idea what he is, he gets to marry the princess. Huzzah! There are also some incredibly gory ones, including "The Rose Elf" in which an elf exacts revenge on a bad guy and includes a moderately graphic decapitation."
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