Table of Contents
THE ARTIST AND SOCIETY
THE NIGHTINGALE
THE GARDENER AND THE GENTRY
THE FLYING TRUNK
THE WILL-O’-THE-WISPS ARE IN TOWN
THE PIXIE AND THE GARDENER’S WIFE
THE PUPPETEER
“SOMETHING”
WHAT ONE CAN THINK UP
THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING
AUNTIE TOOTHACHEI. II. III. IV.
THE CRIPPLE
FOLK TALES
THE TINDERBOX
LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS
THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA
THE TRAVELING COMPANION
THE WILD SWANS
THE SWINEHERD
MOTHER ELDERBERRY
THE HILL OF THE ELVES
CLOD-HANS AN OLD STORY RETOLD
WHAT FATHER DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT
ORIGINAL FAIRY TALES
THE SHADOW
THE LITTLE MERMAID
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
THUMBELINA
THE NAUGHTY BOY
THE GALOSHES OF FORTUNE1. A BEGINNING2. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COUNCILMAN3. THE WATCHMAN’S ADVENTURE4. A HEADY MOMENT. A RECITAL. A MOST UNUSUAL TRIP. 5. THE CLERK’S TRANSFORMATION6. THE BEST THING THE GALOSHES BROUGHT
THE GARDEN OF EDEN
THE BRONZE PIG
THE ROSE ELF
THE PIXIE AT THE GROCER’S
IB AND LITTLE CHRISTINE
THE ICE MAIDEN1. LITTLE RUDY2. JOURNEY TO A NEW HOME3.
RUDY’S UNCLE4. BABETTE5. ON THE WAY HOME6. A VISIT TO THE MILL7. THE EAGLE’S NEST8. THE HOUSECAT HAS NEWS9. THE ICE MAIDEN10. GODMOTHER11. THE COUSIN12. EVIL POWERS13. IN THE MILLER’S HOUSE14. VISIONS IN THE NIGHT15. THE ENDEVANGELICAL AND RELIGIOUS TALES
THE SNOW QUEEN AN ADVENTURE IN SEVEN STORIESTHE FIRST STORY - WHICH IS ABOUT THE MIRROR AND THE FRAGMENTSSECOND STORY - A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRLTHIRD STORY - THE FLOWER GARDEN OF THE WOMAN WHO KNEW MAGICFOURTH STORY - APRINCE AND PRINCESSFIFTH STORY - THE LITTLE ROBBER GIRLSIXTH STORY - THE SAMI WOMAN AND THE FINN WOMANSEVENTH STORY - WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SNOW QUEEN’S CASTLE AND WHAT HAPPENED LATER
THE RED SHOES
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
THE BOG KING’S DAUGHTER
THE GIRL WHO STEPPED ON BREAD
THE BELL
THE THORNY PATH TO GLORY
THE JEWISH MAID
THE STORY OLD JOHANNA TOLD
SHE WAS NO GOOD
THE ANTHROPOMORPHIZING OF ANIMALS AND NATURE
THE UGLY DUCKLING
IN THE DUCKYARD
THE STORKS
THE SPRUCE TREE
IT’S PERFECTLY TRUE!
THE DUNG BEETLE
THE BUTTERFLY
THE SNOWDROP
THE SUNSHINE’S STORIES
THE DROP OF WATER
THE FLEA AND THE PROFESSOR
THE SNOWMAN
THE HUMANIZATION OF TOYS AND OBJECTS
THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER
THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEP
THE DARNING NEEDLE
THE OLD HOUSE
THE RAGS
LEGENDS
HOLGER THE DANE
BIRD PHOENIX
THE FAMILY OF HEN-GRETHE
EVERYTHING IN ITS PROPER PLACE
“You see, ladies and gentlemen, Your Royal Majesty! You can never know what to expect from the real nightingale, but everything is determined in the artificial bird. It will be so-and-so, and no different! You can explain it; you can open it up and show the human thought—how the cylinders are placed, how they work, and how one follows the other!”