The Best Fairy Tales

The collection includes the best fairy tales of the great Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875). Many of them have been adapted into animated and live-action films, musical works, and plays for theaters, and the names of the characters have become symbols of love, resilience, and courage. These include "The Little Mermaid" and "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Wild Swans" and "Thumbelina," "The Snow Queen" and "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep." The reader may encounter other fairy tales for the first time. These are tales about a darning needle and a lamppost, buckwheat and galoshes, Aunt Toothache and Elder Mother. In total, the book includes 36 fairy tales.