Favorite Fairy Tales of Hans Christian. Danish Magical Stories about Trolls, Gnomes, and Other Creatures

For millions of readers around the world, Denmark is Shakespeare's Hamlet... and Andersen's fairy tales. But the great Hans Christian was not the only storyteller from the distant northern kingdom: there are many other amazing stories that remained unknown to... Russian readers for many years.Our anthology of Danish fairy tales includes both rare works of Hans Christian Andersen and magical stories by Helena Augusta Nyblom, as well as eleven folk tales processed by Sven Hersleb Grundtvig, which are published FOR THE FIRST TIME since 1878.The wonderful atmosphere of the fairy tales is complemented by illustrations from famous Danish artists — Hans Tegner, Rasmus Kristiansen, Wilhelm Pedersen, Jens Juël, Paul Gustav Fischer, Hans Andersen Brendekilde, Peter Mørk Mønster, Johan Julius Exner, Laurits Andersen Ring, and many others.