La sirenita solo deseaba encontrar al joven príncipe; cuando el navío se partió en dos, lo vio sumergirse en las profundidades del mar. Por un instante sintió una intensa alegría al saber que él bajaria a su mundo, pero luego recordo que los humanos no podian vivir en el agua y que la unica forma en que entraria al palacio de su padre seria como un cadaver.
This book contains the complete Andersens 127 fairy tales and stories in the chronological order of their original publication. Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersens popularity is not limited to children; his storiescalled eventyrs, or "fantastic tales"express themes that transcend age and nationality. During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and was feted by royalty. Andersens fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the Wests collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.
Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world''s most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature.Hans Christian Andersen: Classic Fairy Tales collects 100 of Andersen''s incomparable fairy tales and stories, among them "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Red Shoes," "The Wild Swans," and his fantasy masterpiece, "The Snow-Queen." The book is abundantly illustrated with more than 100 hundred drawings and colour plates by Dugald Stewart Walker and Hans Tegner, two of Andersen''s best-known illustrators. Hans Christian Andersen: Classic Fairy Tales is one of Barnes & Noble''s Leatherbound classics.Each volume features authoritative texts by the world''s greatest authors in exquisitely designed bonded leather bindings with distinctive gilt edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library.
La vida del escritor más querido por niños y jóvenes de todo el mundo es como un cuento maravilloso; a pesar de la original y difícil personalidad de este gran hombre, único en su género.
