Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales

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Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, [1] have been translated into more than 125 languages. The Snow Queen (1967), a live-action adaptation from the Soviet Union, directed by Gennadi Kazansky.

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Andersen was played by Joachim Gottschalk in the German film The Swedish Nightingale (1941), which portrays his relationship with the singer Jenny Lind. In Whitley's version of the tale, Kai is Gerda's little sister, and Rudy envisions Whitley as the beautiful queen. The story unfolds with various characters making fun of the duckling's appearance, but in the end the duckling turns into a beautiful swan, giving the story a happy ending. A. Reitzel Publishers (with 125 illustrations based on the original drawings by Vilhelm Pedersen, woodcuts by Ed.A Danish Romance was very well received in its time and will surely also appeal to many today, as it highlights themes such as nobility in people, and the difficulties that many suffer because of their conditions of birth. It is ruled by the Snow Queen's mask, who takes over the mind of the protagonist's homeroom teacher. A large number of people come to the king's palace to watch the competition, as the winner will marry the king's daughter.

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Other disappointments in love included Sophie Ørsted, [ citation needed] the daughter of the physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, and Louise Collin, [ citation needed] the youngest daughter of his benefactor Jonas Collin.

It is worth mentioning that Andersen continued to publish other travelogues, such as Shadow Pictures of a Journey to the Harz and Swiss Saxony, due to its popularity.