Hans Christian Andersen - Famous Fairy Tales

Famous Fairy Tales

See also: Hans Christian Andersen bibliography

Some of his most famous fairy tales include:

  • The Angel (1843) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Bell (1845) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Emperor's New Clothes (1837) University of Southern Denmark
  • The Galoshes of Fortune (1838) "Lykkens Kalosker"
  • The Fir Tree (1844) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Happy Family (1847)
  • The Ice-Maiden (1861) "Iisjomfruen"
  • It's Quite True! (1852) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Little Match Girl (1848) University of Southern Denmark
  • The Little Mermaid (1836) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • Little Tuck (1847) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Nightingale (1844) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Old House (1847) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • Sandman (1841) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Princess and the Pea (1835; also known as The Real Princess) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • Several Things (1837) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Red Shoes (1845) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Shadow (1847) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (1845)
  • The Snow Queen (1844) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1838) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Story of a Mother (1847) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Swineherd (1841) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • Thumbelina (1835) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Tinderbox (1835) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Ugly Duckling (1844) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)
  • The Wild Swans (1838) University of Southern Denmark (Danish)

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Famous quotes containing the words fairy tales, famous, fairy and/or tales:

    “A parent who from his own childhood experience is convinced of the value of fairy tales will have no difficulty in answering his child’s questions; but an adult who thinks these tales are only a bunch of lies had better not try telling them; he won’t be able to related them in a way which would enrich the child’s life.”
    —Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)

    “In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their children. At the top of the list were conformity and strict obedience. More than fifty years later, when the Middletown survey was replicated, mothers placed autonomy and independence first. The healthiest parenting probably promotes a balance of these qualities in children.”
    —Richard Louv (20th century)

    “Fairy tales are loved by the child not because the imagery he finds in them conforms to what goes on within him, but because—despite all the angry, anxious thoughts in his mind to which the fairy tale gives body and specific content—these stories always result in a happy outcome, which the child cannot imagine on his own.”
    —Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)

    “Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible.”
    —Charles Haughey (b. 1925)