La sirenita & Other Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen

Los cuentos de Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) llevan casi dos siglos poblando la imaginación de niños y adultos con personajes y criaturas maraavillosas y enriqueciendo con su excepcional sensibilidad la fantasía de genraciones de lectores de todo el mundo.

Sus deslumbrantes historias, a la altura de los grandes clásicos de la literatura del siglo XIX, forman, a su vez, un colosal fresco de la sociedad de su época.

El amor imposible de La sirenita, el canto sublime de El ruiseñor o la enorme sorna de El Traje nuevo del emperador consiguen trasladarnos, sin duda, a los felices días de nuestra infancia.


Historias maravillosas, n.° 3

276 pages, Hardcover

Published June 19, 2023

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

[Mily Cruz · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had probably been decades since I last read some of the stories in this collection, and some remain as magical as they seemed to me when I first read them as a child. Nevertheless, they’re not all winners. Some are in fact, pretty horrifying. Plus, I swear I did not recall them being imbued so deeply with religious topics/discourse. That of course, could be a product of my own upbringing. Anyways, here’s how I’d rank them:
*The little mermaid
*The wild swans
*The little match girl
*The emperor’s new clothes
*The brave tin soldier
all the rest…

Now, the two that I found the most offensive:
*The tinderbox
*All that father does is fine

[Paz · Rating 3 out of 5]

La Sirenita - ★★★★★
El traje nuevo del emperador - ★★★
El valiente soldadito de plomo - ★★★
El jardín del Edén - ★★★
La vendedora de cerillas - ★★
Los cisnes salvajes - ★★★★
El elfo del rosal - ★★★
La pastora y el deshollinador - ★★
Lo que hace el padre, bien hecho está - ★★
El yesquero - ★★
La aguja de zurcir - ★★
El ruiseñor - ★★★
Las flores de la pequeña ida - ★★
El compañero de viaje - ★★★★
Las cigüeñas - ★★
Colás el chico y Colás el grande - ★★★
La dríade - ★★★★

[Cakebeltran · Rating 4 out of 5]

la forma de describir la magia que tiene este hombre es ESPECTACULAR, las criaturas, las descripciones, los diálogos tienen la magia de la infancia no se como describirlo.

Le doy 4 porq ha habido cuentos q se me han hecho bola, pero se lo perdono por la capacidad de transmitir la nostalgia de un mundo mágico que nunca he vivido

[Nicol Contreras · Rating 4 out of 5]

siempre perturbadores, los cuentos de hadas 🤐

[sof · Rating 3 out of 5]

solo me he leido la sirenita and creepy asf😭

[Regina GB · Rating 4 out of 5]

El 90% de las historias me encantaron. Gran recopilación de cuentos fáciles y atractivos de leer.