Jan 6, 2010
Andersen’s Fairy Tales | Andersen’s Fairy Tales
At a glance:
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Fairy tales
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: Denmark
- Principal Characters: Karen, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, Kay, Gerda, The Shepherdess, The Chimneysweep, The Emperor, A Tin Soldier, A Poor Soldier
- Genres: Short fiction, Folklore, Fairy tale
- Subjects: Children, Folkloric or magical people, Mythology or myths, Supernatural, Europe or Europeans, Alienation, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Fantasy, Shoes or shoemakers, Dancing or dancers, Witches or witchcraft, Netherlands or Dutch people, Fairy tales, Fables, Shepherds, Mermaids or mermen, Clothing or dress, Ducks, Swans, Flower shows
The Stories:
The Red Shoes. Karen was such a poor little girl that she
had to go barefoot in winter. An old mother shoemaker felt sorry
for her and made Karen a clumsy pair of shoes out of pieces of red
felt. When Karen’s mother died, the girl had to wear the red
shoes to the funeral. An old lady, seeing Karen walking forlornly
behind her mother’s coffin, pitied her and took the child
home. The old lady thought that the red shoes were ugly, and she
burned them.
One day, Karen saw the queen and the little princess. The
princess was dressed all in white, with...
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