Fairy Tales

　　With this new translation and selection, the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius is revealed. At a time when children's stories were formal, moral and didactic, Hans Christian Andersen revolutionized the genre, giving an anarchic twist to traditional folklore and creating a huge number of utterly original stories that sprang directly from his imagination. From the exuberant early stories such as "The Emperor's New Clothes", through poignant masterpieces such as "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling", to the darker, more subversive later tales written for adults, the stories included here are endlessly experimental, both humorous and irreverent, sorrowful and strange.

Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
Further Reading
Translator's Note
A Note on the Illustrations
FAIRY TALES
　The Tinderbox
　Little Claus and Big Claus
　The Princess on the Pea
　Thumbelina
　The Traveling Companion
　The Little Mennaid
　The Emperor's New Clothes
　The Steadfast Tin Soldier
　The Wild Swans
　The Flying Trunk
　The Nightingale
　The Sweethearts
　The Ugly Duckling
　The Fir Tree
　The Snow Queen
　The Red Shoes
　The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
　The Shadow              
　The Old House
　The Little Match Girl
　The Story of a Mother
　The Collar
　The Bell
　The Marsh King's Daughter
　The Wind Tells of Valdemar Daae and
　  His Daughters
　The Snowman
　The Ice Maiden
　The Wood Nymph
　The Most Incredible Thing
　Auntie Toothache
Notes