Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen

Stories that have delighted children and fascinated adults for over a century are the heritage of Hans Christian Andersen. This collection has been selected and translated with the growing audience of adults—both students and general readers—in mind, and displays the full range of Andersen’s authorship, from parable to science fiction.

In this fresh, contemporary translation Rossel and Conroy have endeavored to “preserve for the English-speaking audience the engaging duplicity of Andersen’s ...