Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

Author: (Danish) Andersen / Meng Yi
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is specially launched to comprehensively improve students' basic language literacy and enrich their extracurricular reading life. It is part of the "Guidance Series for Extracurricular Reading of the Language Curriculum Standards." The book is edited by the renowned writer and Professor of the Chinese Department at Peking University, Cao Wenxuan. Each book includes introductory texts before the main content, providing background knowledge to help students grasp what they are reading. Additionally, it comes with reading tips or commentary to broaden students' perspectives and deepen their reading experience. We hope this book can bring a brand-new reading experience to primary and secondary school students. The Little Mermaid is one of the most widely read fairy tales in the world and has been a favorite among children for centuries. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was one of Denmark's most famous writers. He was born into a poor shoemaker family in ?sterbro, central Denmark, and attended a charity school in his early years, working as an apprentice. As a young man, Andersen dreamed of becoming a singer, actor, and playwright. In 1829, he entered the University of Copenhagen to study. His first collection of fairy tales, Stories for Children, was published in 1835. Throughout his life, he wrote over 160 fairy tales. Andersen lived a life of frustration and was not recognized during his lifetime, but as his works became better known, they began to spread worldwide.