Hans - Libros y biografía

Ole and Kristen worked for a lord who was both rich and good. Every year, for Christmas, together with his wife, he welcomed all the poor children of the area to the castle and treated them to a great...

Larsen was a very good gardener, but the noble family he served always found fault with the fruit and vegetables he produced in the garden and the vegetable patch or with the flowers chosen to adorn the...

The Ugly Duckling (1842) tells the story of a duckling who is rejected by everyone, including his family, because he looks different. Tired of being made fun of, he decides to go far, far away, but the...

In this short tale, Hans Christian Andersen depicts a castle’s ramparts on an autumn day. A bird flies through the prison cell window and softens the heart of the miserable prisoner with its song. It...

Once upon a time there were five brothers who had arrived at the age where they asked themselves what they would become. Each of the brothers wanted to become "something" and each thought that their profession...

Grab your nearest toy and ready yourself for "The Sweethearts" - a tale where two toys share a unique story. Always spinning with joy, the humble, spinning top asks the glamorous, inflated ball to join...

Johanne and Knud lived close to the town of Kjöge, where there are many gardens that extend as far as the river. There is not much else, but it is charming in summer! It was under the willow-tree in one...

An expedition was taking place to the other side of the sea: many boats had been sent to the North Pole to explore the sea and the ice. It was winter and over there the days ran into each other in perpetual...

A woman wanted to have a child, but not knowing how to go about it, asked a witch for help. The witch gave her a barley seed and told her to plant it. No sooner had she done so than a large tulip grew....

"Once upon a time, there were twenty-five tin soldiers who were all brothers, as they were all born from an old tin spoon. They held their weapons on their arms, their heads were turned to the right and...

While the town judge was at his window, the son of the washerwoman passed before him. The judge said him unkind words to him about his mother. She drank to keep warm during the long days she spent washing...

This story, one of Andersen’s best known, tells the tale of a poor little girl who was sent by her parents to sell matches in the street. It is Christmas Even and it is very cold, but she dare not return...

In every peasant dwelling, lives a goblin, a small invisible creature, who plays all kinds of tricks on the inhabitants. At least, that is what the peasants believe, but one woman, the gardener’s wife,...

One day, a diabolical troll made a mirror that showed everything beautiful as ugly and all that was good as evil. Delighted, the trolls decided to carry their mirror to heaven and mock the angels, but...

A selection of wonderful Christmas fairy tales by the beloved author Hans Christian Andersen to enjoy in the cozy winter evenings. Let one of the best-known children’s authors of all time carry you away...

The general’s family lived on the first floor of the house. The concierge and his wife lived in the cellar. They had a son, Georg, who was allowed to play with Emily, the general’s daughter. The general’s...

Un vecchio lampione è giunto alla fine della sua vita lavorativa. Ha avuto una lunga vita e molte persone lo conoscono. Perciò tutti gli amici vengono a fargli visita nella sua ultima notte in servizio.

Císař se zajímá jen o to, jak vypadá. Všechny peníze utrácí za látky a kabátce a několikrát denně se převléká. Jeho marnivosti však využijí dva podvodníci, kteří se vydávají za krejčí. Tvrdí, že císaři...

Zlý čaroděj stvoří kouzelné zrcadlo, které zobrazuje pouze ošklivost. Chce jej odnést do nebe, ale zrcadlo se mu rozbije a jeho střípky se roztříští po celé zemi. Proniknou lidem do očí i do srdcí a tito...

Stará lucerna po dlouhých letech, kdy osvětlovala ulici, pomalu dosluhuje. Brzy má být rozhodnuto o jejím dalším osudu a ona má strach, že už není lidem užitečná a skončí v peci. V předvečer osudného...

V Dánsku stojí starý hrad Kronborg. Protože ho postavili na břehu moře, v létě se sem sjíždějí lodě z celého světa. Ve sklepení se však skrývá tajemství – podle staré legendy tam spí dánský hrdina Holger....

Johanek zůstal na světě úplně sám. Jelikož je však nejen hodný, ale i odvážný, vydává se do světa, aby našel ztracené štěstí. Na své cestě potkává muže, který se stejně jako Johanek toulá světem. A jelikož...

It was the month of May and spring had arrived, although it was still cold. The flowers were blooming, but not all flowers receive the same praise. Some would say that there a difference between a branch...

Once upon a time there was a prince without pity: he wanted to be the strongest and sent armies of soldiers to destroy villages and stop other kings, he even got it into his head to prove that he was...

Little Tuk had to learn his lesson for the next day but he was far too busy with other things and so he found himself with the sun already setting, while his family did not have enough money to keep the...

Grandmother is old, kind, and she knows many stories. Between the pages of her psalter can be found a pressed withered rose that she often regards with a smile on her lips. Do you know why?

A long time ago, the Emperor of China lived in a magnificent palace made of fine china and surrounded by a splendid garden that was so big that even the gardener did not know it all. One day, the Emperor...

When a child dies, an angel comes to find them and bring them to heaven and they take with them some flowers so that they can bloom again above. But, this time, when the angel came, he stayed on earth...

A bell could be heard just as well in the town as in the country, but no one knew exactly where the sound was coming from. The bell seemed to ring in the forest and its music was so particular that people...

A child is gravely ill and his mother has already spent three nights at his bedside. Then, a strange man knocks on the door and she bids him enter to shelter from the cold. But, it was death himself at...