{"product_id":"fairy-tales","title":"Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in Danish in 1835, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales transformed familiar folklore into something altogether more intimate, strange and emotionally complex. Across stories such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Princess and the Pea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Emperor’s New Clothes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ugly Duckling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Andersen brings together enchanted forests, uncanny transformations and overlooked characters whose desires expose the cruelties and absurdities of the human world. His tales move between wonder and sorrow, finding beauty in sacrifice and tenderness in unexpected places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike traditional folktales passed down anonymously, Andersen’s stories bear the unmistakable stamp of an individual imagination, combining simplicity of language with psychological depth, irony and a distinctly modern sense of loneliness. Animals, toys, children and outcasts become figures through which he explores vanity, social ambition, longing and the cost of belonging. This Everyman’s Library collection offers an invitation into the work of one of the great architects of literary fairy tales, whose influence reaches far beyond childhood into the enduring landscape of world storytelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Hans Christian Andersen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFairy Tales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“They are the most perfect things you have yet written.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Hans Christian Ørsted, on Andersen’s fairy tales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64013373899082,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/products\/fairy-tales","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}