Hans Christian Andersen
(1805-1875)

Below are the etexts for an early English translation of Andersen's tales, translated by Mrs. Paull, as well as Andersen's autobiography The True Story of My Life: A Sketch from 1847.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Mrs. Henry H. B. Paull, translator. [1872, 1883].

The Fir Tree [1845]

Little Tiny [Thumbelina] [1835]

The Daisy [1838]

The Brave Tin Soldier [1838]

The Ugly Duckling [1844]

Little Ida’s Flowers [1835]

The Storks [1838]

The Money-Box [1855]

The Top and Ball [1844]

The Wild Swans [1838]

A Great Sorrow [1853]

The Red Shoes [1845]

Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-God [1842]

Little Tuk [1847]

Elder-Tree Mother [1845]

The Snow Queen [1845]

The Old House [1848]

The Happy Family [1848]

The Elf of the Rose [1839]

The Angel [1844]

The Story of the Year [1852]

The Conceited Apple-Branch [1852]

The Pea Blossom [1853]

The Beetle Who Went on His Travels [1861]

The Bottle Neck [1858]

The Last Dream of the Old Oak [1858]

The Portuguese Duck [1861]

The Snow Man [1861]

The Farm-Yard Cock and the Weather-Cock [1860]

The Pen and the Inkstand [1860]

The Butterfly [1861]

Soup from a Sausage Skewer [1858]

The Little Mermaid [1836]

What the Moon Saw [1840]

The Old Street Lamp [1847]

The Darning-Needle [1846]

A Rose from Homer’s Grave [1842]

The Flax [1849]

The Shirt-Collar [1848]

The Little Match-Seller [1846]

The Buckwheat [1842]

Little Claus and Big Claus [1835]

The Travelling Companion [1835]

The Goloshes of Fortune [1838]

The Flying Trunk [1838]

The Races [1858]

The Metal Pig [1842]

The Shepherdess and the Sweep [1845]

The Nightingale [1844]

She Was Good for Nothing [1853]

Everything in the Right Place [1853]

The Goblin and the Huckster [1853]

What the Old Man Does Is Always Right [1861]

The Story of a Mother [1848]

Ib and Little Christina [1855]

Under the Willow-tree [1853]

The Shepherd’s Story of the Bond of Friendship [1842]

The Jewish Maiden [1856]

The Old Bachelor’s Nightcap [1858]

The Puppet-Show Man [1851]

Anne Lisbeth [1859]

Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind [1860]

A Story from the Sand-Hills [1860]

The Philosopher’s Stone [1859]

In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea [1855]

The Marsh King’s Daughter [1858]

The Child in the Grave [1859]

The Elfin Hill [1845]

The Garden of Paradise [1838]

The Tinder-Box [1835]

The Shadow [1847]

The Mail-Coach Passengers [1861]

Grandmother [1845]

The Last Pearl [1854]

Something [1858]

A Cheerful Temper [1852]

The Story of the Wind [1859]

The Ice Maiden [1861]

The Old Church Bell [1861]

Holger Danske [1845]

The Sunbeam and the Captive [1847]

Children’s Prattle [1859]

The Silver Shilling [1862]

The Old Grave-Stone [1852]

The Loveliest Rose in the World [1852]

A Leaf from Heaven [1855]

The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf [1859]

The Dumb Book [1851]

The Bell, or Nature's Music [1845]

Andersen, Hans Christian. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Mrs. Henry H. B. Paull, translator. Wilhelm Petersen and Lorenz Frolich, illustrators. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1872, 1883].

The True Story of My Life: A Sketch by Hans Christian Andersen (1847)

Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8

Andersen, Hans Christian. The True Story of My Life: A Sketch. Mary Howitt, translator.Boston: James Munroe, 1847.

Other versions of Andersen's Tales on SurLaLune
(from various sources)

The Bell
Big Klaus and Little Klaus
The Darning-Needle
The Dream of Little Tuk
The Elderbush
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Fir Tree
The Flying Trunk
The Goblin and Grocer
The Happy Family
The Leap-Frog
The Little Match Girl
The Naughty Boy
The Nightingale
The Old House
The Real Princess
The Red Shoes
The Shadow
The Shirt-Collar
The Shoes of Fortune
The Snow-Man
The Snow Queen
The Steadfast Tin-Soldier
The Story of a Mother
The Swineherd
Thumbelina
The Tinder-Box
The Ugly Duckling
The Wild Swans

Further Reading

Andersen, Hans Christian. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Mrs. Henry H. B. Paull, translator. Wilhelm Petersen and Lorenz Frolich, illustrators. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1872, 1883].

Varmer, Hjordis and Lilian Brogger. Hans Christian Andersen: His Fairy Tale Life. Groundwood Books, 2005.
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