Summary
With the help of a magic tinderbox, a soldier finds a fortune and pursues a princess imprisoned in a castle. Full description
Summary: |
With the help of a magic tinderbox, a soldier finds a fortune and pursues a princess imprisoned in a castle. |
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Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780763620783 (lib. bdg.) 0763620785 (trade bdg.) 9781428737105 (BWI bdg.) 1428737103 (BWI bdg.) |
Author Notes: |
Although Andersen wrote poems, plays and books, he is best known for his Fairy Tales and Other Stories, written between 1835 and 1872. This work includes such famous tales as The Emperor's New Clothes, Little Ugly Duckling, The Tinderbox, Little Claus and Big Claus, Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Story of a Mother and The Swineherd. Andersen's greatest work is still influential today, helping mold some of the works of writers ranging from Charles Dickens to Oscar Wilde and inspiring many of the works of Disney and other motion pictures. Andersen, who traveled greatly during his life, died in his home in Rolighed on August 4, 1875. (Bowker Author Biography) |