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Wonderful stories for children

2nd series

Also known as Fairy tales ...; German fairy tales; H.C. Andersen's sämmtliche Märchen

by Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Botham Howitt, Mary Howitt (Translator), L. ill Hutschenreuter, Vilhelm Pedersen, J. H. Stickney, W. Heath Robinson (Illustrator), H. B. Mrs Paull, 1825-1916 Eleanor Vere Boyle, James Burn & Company. bnd, Leighton Bros. ltg, Augusta. trl Plesner, Marston Sampson Low, Harry Leigh Douglas Ward & Harrison Weir

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Languages: Armenian, Bengali, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, FRY, German, Irish, Galician, Indonesian, MAR, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Yiddish
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales" by H. C. Andersen is a classic collection of fantasy stories written in the early 19th century. These tales often feature whimsical characters and elements of magic, with themes of beauty, morality, and transformation. The stories transport readers to enchanting worlds filled with both delightful and dark experiences, appealing to audiences of all ages. At the start of "Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales," we are introduced to the story of "The Marsh King's Daughter." This tale follows a pair of storks who overhear a tragic story about a princess who, in her quest to help her sick father, becomes ensnared in the Marsh King's domain. As the narrative unfolds, we learn that a beautiful child is born from a flower in the marsh, believed to be the princess's daughter. The storks take her to a kind Viking's wife, where the child grows but inherits the Marsh King's dual nature; by day, she is beautiful, and by night, she transforms into a toad. The opening sets the stage for themes of identity, struggle, and the complexities of love and sacrifice, marking a compelling beginning to Andersen's enchanting collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

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  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from bavarian-state-library, internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “Folklore”, “folklore”, and 4 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the alternative title, “Märchen” in the alternative title, “Tales” in the alternative title, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Märchen”· via Bavarian State Library Digital Collections
    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via The Online Books Page
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H. C. Andersen's sämmtliche Märchen

Bavarian State Library digitized rare-book edition

Digitized image count: 514; Extent: VI, 478 S.; Shelfmark: 40.5213; Teilausg. - Aus dem Dän. übers.

1872Günther; Leipzig : GüntherGerman—Public iiif reader

H.C. Andersen's sämmtliche Märchen

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1857-01-01T00:00:00ZLeipzig : E.J. GüntherEnglish—Public digitized item

H. C. Andersen's Sämmtliche Märchen

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1882-01-01T00:00:00ZLeipzig : Ed. WartigDanish, German—Public digitized item

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  • B3Kat identifier: BV011284881
  • Bavarian State Library shelfmark: 40.5213
  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: New York Public Library
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Contributing institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Digitization license: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
  • Digitization sponsor: Boston Public Library
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Editors: Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H.), 1840-
  • Holding institution or provenance: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  • Illustrators: Hart, Edna F
  • Illustrators: Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath)
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 298 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Publication place: Leipzig
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  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PT8116 .E6 L25
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: 2 volumes; Boston et al.: Ginn and Co., c1914-1915
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: H. Holt and Co., 1913
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