Andersen - Libros y biografía

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...

Een soldaat die terugkeert van de oorlog komt onderweg een boze heks tegen. Ze belooft hem grote rijkdom als hij voor haar naar de bodem van een holle boom duikt. In deze boom bevinden zich drie kamers,...

"Lang geleden waren er vijfentwintig tinnen soldaten die allemaal broers waren, omdat ze allemaal afstamden van een oude tinnen lepel. Ze hielden hun wapens in hun armen, hun hoofden waren naar rechts...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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.

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 fundo do oceano, viviam o rei do mar, sua mãe e suas seis filhas. Eles viviam em um lindo castelo, cercado por um grande jardim, do qual cada filha tomava conta de uma parte. A pequena sereia, a princesa...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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,...

Quando muore un bambino, un angelo scende sulla terra a prenderlo per condurlo in cielo e il bambino può portare con sé dei fiori per sbocciare di nuovo lassù. Ma stavolta, quando l’angelo scese sulla...

C’era una volta una vecchia casetta così malconcia da far vergognare le altre case della strada. Ma il bambino che abitava di fronte ad essa la amava e amava osservarla giorno e notte. Quando un giorno...

In una notte tempestosa, un vecchio poeta buono riposava pacificamente in casa sua quando improvvisamente sentì bussare alla porta. Quando la aprì si trovò davanti un giovanotto di bell’aspetto, bagnato...

Tutti i bambini del posto conoscevano il fiume Odense e conoscevano la campana che vi si trovava dentro. Molto tempo prima la campana, esausta, era caduta dalla sua trave ed era atterrata nel fiume, nel...

Era in corso una spedizione verso l’altra parte dell’oceano: molte barche erano state mandate al Polo Nord a esplorare il mare e il ghiaccio. Era inverno e, lassù, i giorni si susseguivano in un’oscurità...

Regnava la felicità: era nato un erede e sia madre che figlio stavano benissimo! Quasi tutte le fate erano venute a offrire un dono al nuovo nato, ne mancava soltanto una, che avrebbe dovuto portare l’ultima...

Le campane avevano appena suonato i dodici rintocchi della mezzanotte, annunciando l’inizio di un nuovo anno, quando una diligenza postale si fermò alle porte della città. A bordo c’erano dodici festaioli...