The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics) [Hardcover]

Hans Christian Andersen (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Here are all 159 tales written by Hans Christian Anderson, the master Danish storyteller, accompanied by illustrations from Arthur Rackham, Hans Richter, and other. These cherished tales include:

• "The Little Mermaid"

• "Thumbelina"

• "The Emperor's New Clothes"

• "The Snow Queen"

• "Ib and Little Christina"

• "The Princess and the Pea"

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 816 pages
• Publisher: Gramercy (October 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517229242
• ISBN-13: 978-0517229248
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #553,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Andersen's Fairy Tales, March 7, 2010

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Mithril (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Andersen's Fairy Tales (Kindle Edition)

Includes a few long stories (The Shoes of Fortune; The Snow Queen) and a bunch of short stories (The Emperor's New Clothes; The Real Princess) by Hans Christian Andersen, although this is by no means all that he wrote.

A more definitive collection of his work is Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

Stories included are:

The Emperor's New Clothes
The Swineherd
The Real Princess (this is the Princess and the Pea)
The Shoes of Fortune
The Fir Tree
The Snow Queen
The Leap-Frog
The Elderbush
The Bell
The Old House
The Happy Family
The Story of a Mother
The False Collar
The Shadow
The Little Match Girl
The Dream of Little Tuk
The Naughty Boy
The Red Shoes

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good quality, March 6, 2007

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jennahw (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics) (Hardcover)

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The pages have gold-leafed edges, and there is a ribbon bookmark. There is also some metallic on the cover, and the illustrations on the inside are great. I have not read the text (giving it as a gift for a new baby), but the type is easy to read. The paper is of the super-thin Norton Anthology/Bible variety (hence the 4 stars), but anything thicker would make the book large and heavy, so understood. That said, read it to your kids, but don't let them play with it too hard or you'll probably end up with torn pages. The price of this book is great though, for a decent quality hardback that is a full collection.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics), September 10, 2007

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Mrs. S. J. V. Crummey (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics) (Hardcover)

Excellent edition, however I had hoped to receive one with colour plates rather than the black and white plates. This was my only disappointment. The book was luxuriously bound and beautifully put together. All the stories are there, and it is funny how ones memories can play tricks as I thought the description in the story The Tinder Box described one of the dogs as having 'eyes like saucers' when the book texted 'eyes like teacups' or 'eyes like towers'. I am in no position to argue, but the story still remains magical.

Worth having this in any serious book collection, but as the pages are quite fragile I would suggest avoiding letting children having free run of this in case it gets damaged, perhaps until they are at least about 8 with advanced reading capabilities.