From the classic translation by H.P.Paull (1872), revised and partly re-translated by W.A. & J.K. Craigie (1914). Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872. For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children. Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever. Fairy Tales include: The Mermaid Hans Clodhopper The Flying Trunk The Rose Elf The Wild Swans The Elf-Hill The Real Princess A Picture from the Ramparts The Red Shoes Thumbelisa The Goblin and the Huckster The Bottle Neck The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Angel The Butterfly Psyche The Snail and the Rose-bush The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf The Nightingale The Storks The Little Match Girl Great Claus and Little Claus The Garden of Paradise Little Tuk The Wind's Tale about Waldemar Daa and his Daughters The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories A Rose from Homer's Grave The Emperor's New Clothes The Naughty Boy Holger the Dane What the Moon Saw The Tinder Box The Story of a Mother The Marsh King's Daughter The Galoshes of Fortune The Bronze Boar The Bell Ole Lukoie, the Dustman The Swineherd The Travelling Companions The Ugly Duckling