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The annotated Hans Christian Andersen
By Andersen, Hans Henrik & Tatar, Maria M. & Allen, Julie Anna
- ISBN
- 978-0-39306-081-2
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2008
Andersen celebrated joy and goodness with images of light, warmth, fluidity, beauty, and transcendence. He also plumbed the depths of despair and alienation with images of darkness, cold, immobility, ugliness, and sadistic punishment. Children exposed to his stories long remember their disturbing, evocative power. Tatar has selected 24 stories that show both sides of the 19th-century Danish storyteller and satirist. She divides her collection equally between Tales for Adults and Tales for Children, including Andersens best-known works as well as those th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
