Andersen - Libros y biografía

"L’abete" è una commovente fiaba a sfondo natalizio, pubblicata originariamente da Hans Christian Andersen nel 1844. Racconta la storia di un giovane abete che vive nel profondo del bosco. Osservando...

Pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1861, "L’uomo di neve" è una delle fiabe più note – nonché più struggenti – del grande Hans Christian Andersen. Un pupazzo di neve si innamora di una stufa, osservandola...

Sul fondo dell’oceano viveva il re del mare con la sua anziana madre e le sei figlie. Abitavano in un bellissimo castello circondato da un ampio giardino, e ciascuna delle figlie si prendeva cura di una...

Un trottolino e una palla stavano in un cassetto insieme ad altri giocattoli. Un giorno il trottolino chiese alla palla se volesse findanzarsi con lui, dato che stavano insieme nel cassetto, ma la palla...

C’era una volta un imperatore che s’interessava soltanto di una cosa: i propri vestiti. Spendeva tutti i suoi soldi in abiti e ne aveva uno diverso per ogni momento del giorno e per ogni occasione. Un...

C’erano due galletti nella fattoria: uno viveva nel pollaio e l’altro era una banderuola. Ciascuno si credeva migliore dell’altro, ma chi aveva ragione?

Era uma vez uma agulha de cerzir que pensava que era uma agulha de costura. Ela era realmente muito fina, tão fina que um dia quebrou, mas ainda não era o fim para a agulha, nem para seus sonhos.

Um estudioso de um país frio morava em um país quente, mas achou difícil se adaptar ao clima. Durante o dia, sua sombra se tornava pequena: estava realmente quente demais para ele. Então, ele ficou em...

O linho está florescendo e tem um futuro feliz pela frente. Ele crescerá, será reunido e transformado em um belo tecido. Ele é muito impaciente, mas ainda tem algumas lições a aprender, entre elas aquela...

"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...

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:...

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 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...

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 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...

In the middle of the wood is a little fir tree who thinks of one thing only – growing bigger. He takes no pleasure from life because he always thinks about how he is not as big as the other fir trees....

A poor prince with a famous name became infatuated with a princess who was rather spoilt and wanted to marry her. So, he sent her gifts, but the princess was not satisfied and refused to meet him. But...

A little boy who had caught a cold after getting his feet wet, drank an elder infusion that his mother had prepared to warm him up and his grandfather told him the story of the Little Elder-Tree Mother.

Once upon a time there was a darning needle who thought it was a sewing needle. It was indeed very fine, so fine that one day it broke, but it was not yet over for the needle, nor its dreams.

A scholar from a cold country lived in a hot country, but he found it difficult to adapt to the climate. In the daytime, his shadow became tiny: it really was too hot for him. So, he stayed at home and...

After a storm, a field of buckwheat is blackened and dry, as if it has been burnt, but why? Here, Hans Christian Andersen tells all, he heard it from the sparrow, who heard it from the old willow tree,...

Next to a long-abandoned castle, grows a jungle of burdock. Under the great green leaves live two old snails, descended from a long lineage, whose ancestors were served on silver platters to the inhabitants...

There was once a poor little girl called Karen. In summer, she walked barefoot and in winter, she wore clogs that hurt her feet. She had no choice, it was all she had. Dame Shoemaker wanted to help her...

In the rose bush in the middle of the garden lived a tiny elf, she was so small that it was impossible to see her with the naked eye. Behind each rose petal hides a room and the elf spent her days exploring...

An old street lamp is at the end of its working life. It has had a long life and lots of people know it. So, friends come to visit on its last night on the job. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)...

Many families lived close to the pond: the roses, the sparrows and even men. During a family discussion, the little sparrows asked their parents, what is Beauty? A question whose answer would arrive in...

There was once an old house that was so dilapidated that it made the other houses in the street ashamed. But, the little boy who lived opposite liked it a lot and loved looking at it day and night. 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...

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...

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...