Fairy Tales (Penguin Classics) by Hans Christian Andersen, Tiina Nunnally, Jackie Wullschlager (2004) Hardcover

by Hans Christian Andersen

这是一套由英国著名插画大师瓦尔·比罗编绘、我国翻译界泰斗级大师任溶溶、石琴娥、杨武能、李唯中和戴望舒倾心译荐的传世名著绘本。绘画笔触细腻，色彩绚烂柔和；文字简单，故事风采却丝毫不减，朗读配音情感饱满，真实动人。孩子从中享受图文之美，聆听故事之趣，开启最初的人生智慧。本册为安徒生著的《安徒生童话（精）》。

Hardcover

About the author

Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. 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. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories — called eventyr, or "fairy-tales" — express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.

Reviews

[Madeline Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow wow wow, my favorite part of this version of his tales is the detailed yet concise description of H.C.A.’s life and analysis of his stories. The first 40 some pages are a brief yet comprehensive biography that is more effective than most full length biographies and the end of the book is followed by 23 pages of single paragraphs of contexts for every single one of his stories. I’d argue it is easy and logical to write off most every story without the context these sections provide. Yet, when the reader understands who deep and significant and layered Christian’s storytelling is culturally (preserving several childhood folktales), emotionally (for himself personally), and historically (making larger implications about the politics and class structure and homophobia of his time) one would have to be unfeeling to not be deeply moved by how brave and innovative and vivid and wildly imaginative and nostalgic and bold Hans was.

[Ema Dymáčková · Rating 4 out of 5]

lovely lovely. Fairy tales are the best genre.