Andersen - Libros y biografía

One sunny day, when a little sea fish was swimming joyfully with his eighteen thousand brothers and sisters, the water was darkened by an enormous eel who came from above and was heading deeper into the...

A flea, a grasshopper and a jumping goose entered a competition to see who could jump the highest. Who would win? That is a question that would turn out to be more complicated than expected.

In Gudenau, in the forest of Silkeborg, lived a farmer, Jeppe Jans, and his son, Ib. In winter, when there was nothing to do in the fields, Jeppe Jans made clogs and Ib tried to do the same. Not far away,...

The men of our world who experience glory do not generally attain it easily. There have been several martyrs who, before knowing honour, have had to follow a very thorny path...

Everyone was happy: an heir had been born and mother and son were doing well! Almost all the fairies came to offer a gift to the newborn, there was just one missing who should have brought the last pearl......

La Petite Sirène vit sous la mer auprès de son père, le roi de la mer, de sa grand-mère et de ses cinq sœurs. Lorsque la petite sirène atteint l'âge de quinze ans, elle est autorisée à nager jusqu'à la...

The bells has just sounded the twelve strikes of midnight announcing the start of a new year, when a mail coach stopped at the entrance to the town. On board, were twelve party-goers who wanted to enter....

On the top of a cliff overlooking the sea was an oak tree that was 365 years old. It was an unimaginable age for the mayflies, tiny creatures who lived only one day. The oak only slept during the winter....

The flax is flowering and has a happy future before him. He will grow, be gathered and transformed into beautiful fabric. He is very impatient, but he still has some lessons to learn, among them that...

A peasant and his wife owned a horse that grazed in a ditch close to their house. But they thought that it would be better for them to sell it or exchange it for something more useful. The woman sent...

There was once a queen who possessed a magnificent garden, filled with many varied flowers. One day, she fell ill and her doctors had little hope of a recovery. Only one of them said that a cure existed:...

A short time ago, the rose bush next to the window was still magnificent, but since the invasion of an army of greenies, it is rather worse for wear. We men, we are not very fond of these invaders, but...

A goblin lived with a grocer whom he liked a lot because, at Christmas, the grocer never forgot to give him his porridge with a big knob of butter. Under the eaves of the grocer’s house lived a student...

"Far from here, in the land the swallows flee to in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa." So begins the story of Elisa and her brothers. At the beginning, everything was...

Rudy lived close to the little town of Grindelwald in Switzerland. He lived with his uncle as his parents were both dead. Indeed, Rudy himself had almost died at the same time as his mother: while crossing...

The taper, made of tallow, is not as refined as the candle, which is made from wax – there is no doubt that it will be the candle who will have the honour of lighting the ballroom this evening. When the...

Once upon a time, a china shepherdess and a chimney sweep who were placed close to each other decided to marry. However, another doll, who said he was the shepherdess’s grandfather, wanted her to marry...

The inkstand was so proud of himself! Someone who was visiting a poet praised it, saying that wonderful things could come out of an inkstand. But, are all the beautiful poems made by the inkstand alone?...

Inger was a little girl but she was a bad person. This was obvious even when she was very small: she enjoyed catching insects and tearing off their wings without any pity for the poor creatures. When...

This is the story of a false shirt collar, who, when he was of marriageable age, met a shy garter in the washing. So, he set out on a quest to seduce her, which was not without its difficulties. Hans...

In het midden van het bos staat een kleine dennenboom die maar aan één ding denkt – groter worden. Hij heeft geen plezier in het leven omdat hij altijd nadenkt over hoe klein hij is vergeleken met de...

Após a morte de seu pai, um comerciante rico, o filho herdou uma grande fortuna, que foi gasta rapidamente. Ele se viu sozinho com nada além de seu roupão nas costas e chinelos nos pés. Um amigo o ofereceu...

Um sino poderia ser ouvido tanto na cidade quanto no campo, mas ninguém sabia exatamente de onde o som vinha. O sino parecia tocar na floresta e sua música era tão peculiar que as pessoas começaram a...

Na Dinamarca, há um castelo velho chamado Kronborg. Ele fica no litoral, onde navios chegam de toda parte do mundo no verão, mas o motivo da fama do castelo está escondido em suas adegas. É uma estátua...

No topo de um penhasco com vista para o mar, havia um carvalho com 365 anos de idade. Era uma era inimaginável para as efeméridas, pequenas criaturas que viviam apenas um dia. O carvalho só dormia durante...

Rudy vivia perto da cidadezinha de Grindelwald na Suíça. Ele morava com seu tio, pois seus pais já eram falecidos. Na verdade, Rudy quase morreu junto com sua mãe: ao cruzar uma geleira, ela caiu em uma...

Idinha gostava do aluno, que sempre tinha uma história para contar. Numa manhã, quando as flores da Idinha murcharam, ela perguntou ao aluno o que poderia ter acontecido com elas.

Depois de uma tempestade, um campo de trigo mourisco ficou escuro e seco, como se tivesse sido queimado, mas por quê? Aqui, Hans Christian Andersen conta tudo que ouviu do pardal, que ouviu do velho salgueiro,...

"Era uma vez 25 soldadinhos de chumbo, todos irmãos, pois nasceram de uma velha colher de chumbo. Eles seguravam suas armas pelo braço, suas cabeças ficavam viradas para a direita e seus uniformes, vermelhos...

O patinho feio (1842) conta a história de um patinho que era rejeitado por todos, inclusive por sua família, porque sua aparência era diferente. Cansado de ser alvo de piadas, ele decide ir para bem longe,...