Hans Christian Andersen is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.
Contents:
THE ANGEL
ANNE LISBETH
BEAUTY OF FORM AND BEAUTY OF MIND
THE BEETLE WHO WENT ON HIS TRAVELS
THE BELL
THE BELL-DEEP
THE BIRD OF POPULAR SONG
THE BISHOP OF BORGLUM AND HIS WARRIORS
THE BOTTLE NECK
THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER
THE BUCKWHEAT
THE BUTTERFLY
BY THE ALMSHOUSE WINDOW
A CHEERFUL TEMPER
THE CHILD IN THE GRAVE
CHILDREN'S PRATTLE
THE CONCEITED APPLE BRANCH
THE DAISY
THE DARNING-NEEDLE
DELAYING IS NOT FORGETTING
THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK
THE DROP OF WATER
THE DRYAD
THE DUMB BOOK
ELDER-TREE MOTHER
THE ELF OF THE ROSE
THE ELFIN HILL
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE
THE FALSE COLLAR
THE FARMYARD COCK AND THE WEATHERCOCK
THE FIR TREE
THE FLAX
THE FLYING TRUNK
THE GARDEN OF PARADISE
THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF
THE GOBLIN AND THE HUCKSTER
THE GOLDEN TREASURE
THE GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE
GRANDMOTHER
GREAT CLAUS AND LITTLE CLAUS
A GREAT GRIEF
THE GREENIES
THE HAPPY FAMILY
HOLGER DANSKE
IB AND LITTLE CHRISTINA
THE ICE MAIDEN
IN A THOUSAND YEARS
IN THE NURSERY
IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA
JACK THE DULLARD
THE JEWISH MAIDEN
THE JUMPER
THE LAST DREAM OF THE OLD OAK
THE LAST PEARL
A LEAF FROM HEAVEN
THE LEAP-FROG
LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS
THE LITTLE ELDER-TREE MOTHER
LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
THE LITTLE MERMAID
LITTLE THUMBELINA
THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD
THE LOVING PAIR
THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS
THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER
THE METAL PIG
THE MONEY BOX
THE NAUGHTY BOY
THE NEIGHBOURING FAMILIES
THE NIGHTINGALE
THE OLD BACHELOR'S NIGHTCAP
THE OLD CHURCH BELL
THE OLD GRAVE-STONE
THE OLD HOUSE
THE OLD STREET LAMP
OLE-LUK-OIE THE DREAM GOD
OLE THE TOWER-KEEPER
OUR AUNT
THE PEA BLOSSOM
THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND
THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
THE PHOENIX BIRD
THE PORTER'S SON
THE PORTUGUESE DUCK
THE PUPPET-SHOW MAN
POULTRY MEG'S FAMILY
THE PSYCHE
THE RACES
THE REAL PRINCESS
THE RED SHOES
A ROSE FROM HOMER'S GRAVE
THE ROSES AND THE SPARROWS
THE SAUCY BOY
THE SHADOW
SHE WAS GOOD FOR NOTHING
THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEP
THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE SHEEP
THE SHEPHERD'S STORY OF THE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP
THE SHIRT-COLLAR
THE SILVER SHILLING
THE SNAIL AND THE ROSE-TREE
THE SNOWDROP
THE SNOW MAN
THE SNOW QUEEN
SOMETHING
SOUP FROM A SAUSAGE SKEWER
THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER
THE STORKS
THE STORM SHAKES THE SHIELD
A STORY
A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS
THE STORY OF A MOTHER
THE STORY OF THE WIND
THE STORY OF THE YEAR
THE SUNBEAM AND THE CAPTIVE
SUNSHINE STORIES
THE SWAN'S NEST
THE SWINEHERD
THE TEAPOT and others
About the author
Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875), in Denmark usually called H.C. Andersen, was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his fairy tales.