H. C. Andersen 4 hr 17 min read

Thumbelina, the Snow Queen, the Marsh King's daughter, a treasury of the tales that shaped the fairy story as we know it.

Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales (this edition 1913) are the immortal works of the Danish master, by turns tender, cruel, magical, and profound. Beautiful, foundational, beloved worldwide. Read it for the original enchantments that gave us some of the most cherished fairy tales ever written.

In its time

Published in 1835, during the 1830s, poe and the german romantics.

Reading it

4 hr 17 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).

Illustrated by

W. Heath Robinson