The Old Gravestone

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although he was a writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. The article was written by an author in 1852. The article has a philosophical aspect. In this fairy-tale Hans Christian Andersen touches the problem of oblivion. In one provincial town was a family who owned a house with a large courtyard. There was an old stone that laid below in the courtyard not very far from the kitchen door. Ch...