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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. Second Series

Hans Christian Andersen

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It adds a charm to the little stories of these two volumes to know that the genial author traveled widely for a man of his time and everywhere was urged to tell the tales himself. This he did with equal charm in the kitchens of the humble and in the courts and palaces of nobles.…

Details

  • AuthorHans Christian Andersen
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #32572
  • Length68,582 words · 4h 34m of reading
  • Chapters36
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-09-06

Contents

36 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01Second Series
  2. 02The Athenaeum Press
  3. 03PREFACE
  4. 04THE FLAX
  5. 05THE DAISY
  6. 06THE PEA BLOSSOM
  7. 07THE STORKS
  8. 08THE WILD SWANS
  9. 09THE LAST DREAM OF THE OLD OAK
  10. 10THE PORTUGUESE DUCK
  11. 11THE SNOW MAN
  12. 12THE FARMYARD COCK AND THE WEATHERCOCK
  13. 13THE RED SHOES
  14. 14THE LITTLE MERMAID
  15. 15BUCKWHEAT
  16. 16WHAT HAPPENED TO THE THISTLE
  17. 17THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND
  18. 18THE TEAPOT
  19. 19SOUP FROM A SAUSAGE SKEWER
  20. 20WHAT THE FIRST LITTLE MOUSE SAW AND HEARD ON HER TRAVELS
  21. 21WHAT THE SECOND MOUSE HAD TO TELL
  22. 22HOW IT WAS PREPARED
  23. 23WHAT THE GOODMAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT
  24. 24THE OLD STREET LAMP
  25. 25THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEP
  26. 26THE DROP OF WATER
  27. 27THE SWINEHERD
  28. 28THE METAL PIG
  29. 29THE FLYING TRUNK
  30. 30THE BUTTERFLY
  31. 31THE GOBLIN AND THE HUCKSTER
  32. 32EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE
  33. 33THE REAL PRINCESS
  34. 34THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
  35. 35GREAT CLAUS AND LITTLE CLAUS
  36. 36NOTES

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