Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: A Selection (Oxford World's Classics) [Paperback]

Hans Christian Andersen (Author), Vilhelm Pedersen (Illustrator), Lorenz Frï¿1/2hlich (Illustrator), L. W. Kingsland (Translator), Naomi Lewis (Introduction)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0192835076 | ISBN-13: 978-0192835079 | Publication Date: October 22, 1998

This collection of twenty-six tales features reproductions of the original illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen and Lorenz Frolich, especially photographed from the drawings in the Hans Andersen Museum at Odense.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Gilded illustrations by Isabelle Brent add sparkle to Viking's Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Old favorites such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Snow Queen" are the mainstay of this 12-story collection, but older readers already familiar with Andersen may welcome the inclusion of such lesser known tales as "The Snowman" and "Father's Always Right" ($19.99, 144p, all ages ISBN 0-670-85930-3 Sept.).
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 6?Most of the 12 fairy tales collected in this handsome, appealing volume are popular stories such as "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," and "Thumbelina," while some are less familiar: "Grief," "The Shadow," and "It's Perfectly True." Philip has done an exemplary job in selection and translation; apart from an occasional jarring colloquialism, the narratives are done with care and respect for the language and tone of Andersen's tales. They retain the old-fashioned style of the original stories, and while the pace is measured, it does not lag. Brent's jewel-toned illustrations highlighted with gold leaf are eye-catching and lavish. They are set in abstract borders, and the pattern is repeated on the margins of the text pages. Each page is edged with gold leaf on the vertical sides, and the result is inviting and attractive. There is little overlap with Eric Blegvad's fine collection, Twelve Tales (McElderry, 1994). A lovely collaboration.?Donna L. Scanlon, Lancaster County Library, PA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192835076
• ISBN-13: 978-0192835079
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,870,563 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #96 in Books > Children's Books > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths > Collections

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94 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of its Kind, May 11, 2010

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This review is from: Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Kindle Edition)

I have been slowly (so veeeerrry slooooowlllly) working my way through all the Hans Christian Andersen books available for kindle. This is the only one I would suggest reading.

Not only does this version have an active table of contents and lack any of the distracting misplacement of page numbers and illustration names that several of the others have (although it's still not illustrated), but it contains what appears to be every story ever written by Hans Christian Andersen!

Long stories (The Ice Maiden), short stories (The Princess and the Pea), well-known stories (The Little Mermaid), unknown stories (She was Good for Nothing) and dozens of others are all contained within these e-ink pages!

They are also readable! This is not the case with some of the other HCA books on kindle. The stories are still really boring, occasionally tedious, generally depressing and often religious, but yet I can read them without wanting to scream and pull my hair out as I did with What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales. Instead they are somehow magically more approachable and I can almost remember why I loved Hans Christian Andersen so much as a child (selected stories from, at least).

So if you, like me, are determined to try and re-visit your childhood via fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen no matter what, at least take pity on yourself--or pity on your children if you're trying to read the stories to them--and read this version.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars connorcharlie, April 28, 2010

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This review is from: Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Kindle Edition)

I had looked at several of Andersen's books on kindle. This is the best one I could find. It's free and very comprehensive (and long, goes past location 14000) There is an active table of contents, even though table of contents is grayed out on menu.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Wonderful Kindle Version of this Book, October 29, 2010

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Ruth Ann Orlansky "Audiobook Afficionado" (Northampton, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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I do not have much to add to the foregoing reviews except that the active Table of Contents has the stories in alphabetical order so that you can easily get to your favorites. Access was very easy and quick. Don't waste your time on any other Kindle version of this book.