A delightful collection of magical folk tales.

 These imaginative and humorous fairy tales remain as universally popular today as when they were created 150 years ago.

 Hans Andersen"s evocative stories blend wit and pathos, his light but shrewd touch revealing the selfishness and stupidity of man. In"The Emperor"s New Clothes"it takes a child to point out the Emperor"s foolishness and his excess of pride eventually makes him a laughing stock. His stupidity is therefore punished,just as the modesty and good nature of"The Ugly Duckling"is justly rewarded in the end. Andersen"s fresh and vivacious tone illuminates all of the old favourites in this selection - which include"The Little Mermaid", "The Princess on the Pea", "The Tinderbox"and"The Snow Queen".

1.The Tinderbox

2.Little Claus and Big Claus

3.The Princess on the Pea

4.The Fable Alludes to You

5.The Talisman

6.The Little Mermaid

7.The Emperor"s New Clothes

8.The Steadfast Tin Soldier

9.The Garden of Paradise

10.The Flying Trunk

11.The Rose Eft

12.The Evil Prince

13.The Swiaeherd

14.The Nightingale

15.The Sweethearts (The Top and the Ball)

16.The Ugly Duckling

17.The Snow Queen

18.The Darning Needle

19.The Red Shoes

20.The Jumpers

21.The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

22.The Little Match Girl

23.The Drop of Water

24.The Happy Family

25.The Collar

26.It"s Quite True

27.In a Thousand Years

28.The Nisse at the Sausagemonger"s

29.Two Virgins

30.The Piggy Bank

31.Cloddy Haas

32.Soup from a Sausage Stick

33.The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf

34.Pen and Inkwell

35.The Barnyard Cock and the Weathercock

36.The Dung Beetle

37.What Papa Does Is Always Right

38.The Snowman

30.In the Duck Yard

40.The Butterfly

41.The Snail and The Rosebush

42.The Teapot

43.The Candles

44.The Most Incredible Thing

45.The Gardener and the Lord and Lady

46.The Flea and the Professor

47.The Gate Key