The True Story of My Life: A Sketch

The True Story of My Life: A Sketch
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Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Total Pages : 248
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Book Synopsis The True Story of My Life: A Sketch by : Hans Christian Andersen

Download or read book The True Story of My Life: A Sketch written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÊMy life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident. If, when I was a boy, and went forth into the world poor and friendless, a good fairy had met me and said, "Choose now thy own course through life, and the object for which thou wilt strive, and then, according to the development of thy mind, and as reason requires, I will guide and defend thee to its attainment," my fate could not, even then, have been directed more happily, more prudently, or better. The history of my life will say to the world what it says to meÑThere is a loving God, who directs all things for the best. My native land, Denmark, is a poetical land, full of popular traditions, old songs, and an eventful history, which has become bound up with that of Sweden and Norway. The Danish islands are possessed of beautiful beech woods, and corn and clover fields: they resemble gardens on a great scale. Upon one of these green islands, Funen, stands Odense, the place of my birth. Odense is called after the pagan god Odin, who, as tradition states, lived here: this place is the capital of the province, and lies twenty-two Danish miles from Copenhagen. In the year 1805 there lived here, in a small mean room, a young married couple, who were extremely attached to each other; he was a shoemaker, scarcely twenty-two years old, a man of a richly gifted and truly poetical mind. His wife, a few years older than himself, was ignorant of life and of the world, but possessed a heart full of love. The young man had himself made his shoemaking bench, and the bedstead with which he began housekeeping; this bedstead he had made out of the wooden frame which had borne only a short time before the coffin of the deceased Count Trampe, as he lay in state, and the remnants of the black cloth on the wood work kept the fact still in remembrance. Instead of a noble corpse, surrounded by crape and wax-lights, here lay, on the second of April, 1805, a living and weeping child,Ñthat was myself, Hans Christian Andersen. During the first day of my existence my father is said to have sate by the bed and read aloud in Holberg, but I cried all the time. "Wilt thou go to sleep, or listen quietly?" it is reported that my father asked in joke; but I still cried on; and even in the church, when I was taken to be baptized, I cried so loudly that the preacher, who was a passionate man, said, "The young one screams like a cat!" which words my mother never forgot. A poor emigrant, Gomar, who stood as godfather, consoled her in the mean time by saying that the louder I cried as a child, all the more beautifully should I sing when I grew older.

The Fairy Tale of My Life

The Fairy Tale of My Life
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 611
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ISBN-10 : 9781461741695
ISBN-13 : 1461741696
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Download or read book The Fairy Tale of My Life written by Hans Christain Anderson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-09-25 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danish poet and novelist Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is best known for the dozens of fairy tales he wrote, including "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Snow Queen." Andersen's sense of fantasy, power of description, and acute sensitivity are strikingly evident in his autobiography. Andersen masterfully depicts the extreme poverty of his provincial childhood and the international celebrity of his later years, and also provides insights into the sources of many of his most famous tales.

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 56
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ISBN-10 : 0226917479
ISBN-13 : 9780226917474
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Book Synopsis Hans Christian Andersen by : Jackie Wullschlager

Download or read book Hans Christian Andersen written by Jackie Wullschlager and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-06-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved by generations of children and adults around the world for tales such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) revolutionized children's literature. Although others before him had collected and retold folk stories and fairy tales, Andersen was the first to create the stories himself, instilling a previously stilted genre with new humor, wisdom, and pathos. Drawing on letters, diaries, and other original sources (many never before translated from the Danish), Wullschlager shows in this compelling, extensively researched biography how Andersen's writings—darker and more diverse than previously recognized—reflected the complexities of his life, a far cry from the "happily ever after" of a fairy tale. As we follow in his footsteps from Golden Age Copenhagen to the princely courts of Germany and the villas of southern Italy, Andersen becomes a figure every bit as fascinating as a character from one of his stories—a gawky, self-pitying, and desperate man, but also one of the most gifted storytellers the world has ever known.

The True Story Of My Life

The True Story Of My Life
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ISBN-13 : 9781020178405
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Download or read book The True Story Of My Life written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, shares his life story in this book. He details his journey from poverty to fame, as well as his struggles with dyslexia and unrequited love. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The True Story of My Life a Sketch by Hans Christian Andersen

The True Story of My Life a Sketch by Hans Christian Andersen
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Total Pages : 338
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Download or read book The True Story of My Life a Sketch by Hans Christian Andersen written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The True Story of My Life: a Sketch ... Translated by Mary Howitt

The True Story of My Life: a Sketch ... Translated by Mary Howitt
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Total Pages : 346
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Download or read book The True Story of My Life: a Sketch ... Translated by Mary Howitt written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The True Story of My Life

The True Story of My Life
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Total Pages : 346
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Download or read book The True Story of My Life written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: