About the author

Hans Christian Andersen (, Danish: [hæns kʰʁæstjæn ˈanɐsn̩] (listen); 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works 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. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," "The Nightingale," "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea," "The Snow Queen," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Match Girl," and "Thumbelina." His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. One of Copenhagen's widest and busiest boulevards, skirting Copenhagen City Hall Square at the corner of which Andersen's larger-than-life bronze statue sits, is named "H.C. Andersens Boulevard."

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Menneskets bedste ven

Historier om hunde og deres mennesker

Hunden er menneskets bedste ven, både som hjælper på jobbet og som følgesvend i livet. Trofaste, egenrådige og legesyge følger de mennesker i tykt og tyndt og bringer glæde og sorger, og i visse tilfælde livreddende hjælp. Vi præsenterer her en bred vifte af historier for børn og voksne med hunde som centrale figurer i fortællingen. Ulvehunden af Anna Thalbitzer Skarp lud af Holger Drachmann Stakkels lille Menine af Anton Andersen Fyrtøjet af Hans Christian Andersen En kvinde af folket af Kaj Munk En trofast ven af Anna Thalbitzer Pjerrot af Zakarias Nielsen Skomagerdrengen. Dansk folkeeventyr
Edition1. udgave, ePub-format
Printed pages
Publish date25 Jul 2019
Languagedan
ISBN epub9788793797406