The Emperor’s New Suit, The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling, The Tinder-Box, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen are world-renowned stories and form a treasure of the world literature. Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen contains a selection of the Danish author’s most beautiful fairy tales which generations of readers—both young and old— have enjoyed and loved. These tales have become such an important part of literature that they seem to have always been there. In them, Andersen’s bitter experience of poverty when he was young, and his knowledge and understanding of the world come to light. Even when showing human foibles and weakness, he never abandons humor. This volume which includes numerous color and black-and-white illustrations belongs, together with Brothers Grimm’s Fairy Tales, in every young reader’s library.