muspec:This 1924 book of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales features illustrations by Kay
muspec: This 1924 book of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales features illustrations by Kay Nielsen. Two great Danes, together at last! Although most Anglophone people recognize the name Hans Christian Andersen, many do not realize just how pervasive his stories are. In addition to crafting stories that would inspire wildly popular movies (like The Snow Queen and The Little Mermaid), Andersen was also the man behind classics like The Ugly Duckling, The Nightingale, and The Princess and the Pea. Unlike many of the other “big names” in fairy tale literature (like Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm), Andersen wrote his own tales, as opposed to collecting stories that already existed. -- source link
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