Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Anderson

a Danish author and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "The Little Match Girl", and the "The Ugly Duckling". During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide, and was feted by royalty. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.

The 120th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 13th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
  2. - 83rd on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
  3. - 87th on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
  4. - Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
  5. - Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
  6. - Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith and Editors)
  7. - The Bigger Read List (English PEN)
  8. - The Graphic Canon (Book)
  9. - The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
  10. - ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher (Die Zeit)

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The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Hardcover 30165 $25.79 $26.10 2013
The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Paperback 745706 $6.57 $20.46 2013
Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Anchor Folktale Library) Paperback 31554 $13.83 $10.31 1983
The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories Kindle Edition 298202 2011
Complete Fairy Tales and Stories Paperback 4449580 $93.42 $0.75 1994
The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen (The Annotated Books) Hardcover 46813 $20.99 $13.37 2007
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics) Paperback 73105 $2.43 $1.00 2010
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Hardcover 520594 $12.68 $8.49 1995
Andersen's Fairy Tales Audio CD 760761 $15.76 $15.82 2010
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Paperback 1124137 $21.99 $8.06 2011
The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen - Complete Collection (Illustrated and Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection) Kindle Edition 68693 $2.79 2011
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales [Illustrated] Hardcover 608182 $39.35 $0.47 1981
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales Paperback 1066424 $125.62 $4.94 1997
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales Hardcover 405916 $13.24 $8.93 2006
Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (Calla Editions) Hardcover 539272 $26.98 $22.49 2008
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales Hardcover 629033 $23.04 $22.17 2004
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Andersen's Fairy Tales Hardcover 1813659 $41.63 $0.14
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen Paperback 308537 $19.95 $26.72 2010
Fairy Tales From Hans Christian Andersen (1910) Hardcover 2623412 $11.06 $7.07 2008
Fairy Tales Audio CD 1817813 $42.45 $12.50 2005
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen - Volume 1: By Hans Christian Andersen - Illustrated Kindle Edition 2777579 2017
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Paperback 4510365 $26.38 $94.60 2010
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Illustrated Junior Library) Hardcover 212932 $4.25 $0.01 1973
Fairy Tales Paperback 953477 $3.58 2013
Hans Christian Andersen: Classic Fairy Tales Leather Bound 449915 $24.87 $19.60 2012
The Snow Queen Hardcover 10040 $3.48 $2.30 2013
Anderson's Fairy Tales Hardcover 4757853 $0.94
The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography Paperback 816811 $16.23 $5.85 2000
The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography Paperback 2051986 $20.45 $7.00 2000
The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography Hardcover 2105328 $18.77 $7.98 1975
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics) Hardcover 569880 $61.68 $10.12 2006
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Evergreen Classics) Kindle Edition 922419 2012
An Illustrated Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, the Princess and the Pea and Many More Classic Stor Hardcover 58088 $10.79 $8.15 2014
The Little Mermaid and Other Stories Audio CD 10262702 $17.48 $17.38 2012
Fairy Tales (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Paperback 439106 $8.00 $1.67 2006
Fairy Tales (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) Hardcover 669714 $6.34 $0.41 1992
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Signet Classics) Mass Market Paperback 771104 $63.92 $0.01 1987
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback 862028 $0.01 $0.01 1998
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED] Audio CD 2027823 $17.99 2007
The Ugly Duckling Hardcover 656293 $2.88 $0.01 2012
Sea Witch Kindle Edition 729141 2018
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Illustrated By Anne Anderson Hardcover 659039 $25.99 $24.96 2010
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics) Kindle Edition 23379 $0.99 2014
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Hardcover 3644471 $12.86
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales (Webster's Spanish Thesaurus Edition) Paperback 8263818 $17.96 $87.14 2008
The Princess and the Pea Hardcover 40253 $10.75 $5.27 2012
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen Paperback 5686102 $2.06
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Kindle Edition 2425126 2013
The Snow Queen: A Pop-Up Adaption of a Classic Fairytale Hardcover 116667 $15.14 $13.99 2013
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen - Illustrated by Harry Clarke Hardcover 4499785 $45.48 $44.00 2010
The Snow Queen Hardcover 254916 $29.95 $25.95 2006
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen: A Classic Illustrated Edition Paperback 5708148 $38.49 $0.14 1998
Fairy Tales Hardcover 1185075 $39.65 $13.00 2005
The Fir Tree Hardcover 75798 $8.13 $6.94 2016
The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales Audio CD 1571146 $15.57 $5.81
The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales Hardcover 11646749 $20.89
Anderson's Fairy Tales Complete Edition Paperback 285459 $12.99 2016
Hans Christian Andersen: Best Loved Fairy Tales (Fall River Classics) Hardcover 1227286 $3.99 $0.46 2013
Andersen's Fairy Tales Hardcover 6937334 $9.94
Andersen's Fairy Tales Mass Market Paperback 14136722 $3.97
The Ugly Duckling (Illustrated) Kindle Edition 526500 2014
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales Paperback 828043 $5.95 $8.64 2011
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales: Unabridged In Easy-To-Read Type (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) Paperback 568519 $0.01 $0.01 2011
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales Hardcover 8265319 $4.58
Best Fairy Tales (Collector's Library) Hardcover 1037895 $5.95 $3.10 2013
The Ugly Ducking (Illustrated) Kindle Edition 217983 2014
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Paperback 2072269 $19.99 $25.71 2011
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Paperback 1378743 $6.27 $7.07 2014
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Kindle Edition 560934 $0.99 2012
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Hardcover 6584243 $3.09
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales (Webster's English Thesaurus Edition) Paperback 10455574 $17.96 $120.21 2008
The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen: A New Translation from the Danish Paperback 1468488 $14.60 $3.80 2005
The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories Hardcover 207093 $8.80 $8.00 2016
The Princess and the Pea (Little Golden Book) Hardcover 3524 $2.71 $1.00 2013
The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Hardcover 878376 $15.00 2016
The Princess and the Pea Kindle Edition 219648 2014
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales Hardcover 1850404 $12.69 $5.88 1998
The Princess and the Pea (Little Golden Book) Kindle Edition 337895 2013
Princess & The Pea (Golden Sound Story) Hardcover 8102759 $69.72 $3.50 1992
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (Calla Editions) Hardcover 1182981 $25.47 2017
Sea Witch Hardcover 228193 $12.91 2018
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales: Complete and Unabridged (Puffin Classics) Paperback 2189576 $2.02 $0.01 1996
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Signet Classics) Mass Market Paperback 924826 $4.50 $4.79 2013
A Treasury of Hans Christian Anderson Hardcover 3484870 $2.00 $0.95 1993
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: An Illustrated Classic Hardcover 5108706 $12.99 2017
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Paperback 5197567 $8.46 $10.04 2016
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Illustrated By Anne Anderson Kindle Edition 3451354 2013
The Emperor's New Clothes (Illustrated) (Andersen's fairy tales) Kindle Edition 821014 $0.99 2012
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES (Fairy Rebus Stories) Kindle Edition 312857 $0.99 2011
Emperor's New Clothes (Grimm's and Anderson) Hardcover 1016533 $4.21 $0.01
The Emperor's New Clothes Audio CD 7621467 $4.99
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Hardcover 5379567 $19.99 2017
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The Ugly Duckling (Caldecott Honor Book) Hardcover 39973 $9.76 $0.01 1999
The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) Paperback 521747 $0.51 $0.01 2012
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales Paperback 110921 $2.99 $0.25 2003
Annotated Hans Christian Andersen Paperback 536774 $30.00 $19.94 2007
The Classic Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen Hardcover 50860 $4.08 $0.01 2002
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (The Complete Collection) Kindle Edition 23412 $0.99 2012
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales Hardcover 98163 $31.97 $0.73 1993
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen: A Classic Illustrated Edition (Classics Illustrated) Hardcover 197097 $85.07 $1.22 1992
The Little Mermaid Hardcover 115196 $9.02 $9.02 2013
The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography Kindle Edition 714568 $9.99 2000
Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales (Leather-bound Classics) Leather Bound 5720 $16.63 $18.98 2014
Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales (Leather-bound Classics) Kindle Edition 404591 2014
The Ugly Duckling and Other Fairy Tales (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) Kindle Edition 495358 2012
Andersen's Fairy Tales: Seventeen of Hans Christian Andersen's Best! (Timeless Classic Books) Paperback 2935534 $13.95 2010
The Fir Tree Kindle Edition 2616923 2016
The Steadfast Tin Soldier Hardcover 378934 $12.08 $11.84 2016
Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen: A Classic Illustrated Edition (Classics Illustrated) Hardcover 4580656 $10.90 $5.00 1992
Favorite Children's Stories: Volume 4 Audible Audio Edition 23134 $6.95 2016
The Emperor's New Clothes Paperback 92400 $2.02 $0.53 2004