Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875) was a Danish author. Harry Clarke’s first book as illustrator, and considered by many to be his finest hour. With incredible tipped in colour plates and monochrome illustrations by Harry Clarke. Exterior is rather worn and soiled, interior is very good, firmly bound. First Harry Clarke edition, very very rare.Ĭondition: Hardcover, decorative cloth. Publisher: George Harrap & Company, London, 1916. C.Title: Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenĪuthor: Hans Christian Andersen, Harry Clarke (illus)

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In 1872, Andersen was injured in a fall, and he died of his injuries in 1875.

Their affair lasted for over a year before it was ended by Scharff, and Andersen did not have another serious relationship. They were united when Andersen returned to Copenhagen in 1862. Anderson fell in love with Scharff, and started corresponding with him when Scharff and Eckardt left Munich. In 1860, he met them again in Bavaria, and the three of them spent a week in Munich together. In 1857, following a visit to Charles Dickens in England, Andersen met Danish actor Lauritz Eckardt and Danish ballet dancer Harald Scharff in Paris. He wrote a well-received poem, Jeg er en Skandinav, which celebrated Scandinavism, in 1839. Although they were not initially successful, they have become his best-known works. He also published the first set of Fairy Tales, following up with more stories in 18. He published his first novel, The Improvisatore, in 1835. In 1833 he received a traveling grant from the King and set out to travel through Europe. In 1829, he started to see his first successes, publishing a short story, 'A Journey on Foot from Holmen's Canal to the East Point of Amager', and a collection of poems.

He later admitted that his school years were the darkest and bitterest of his life.Īfter school, Andersen resumed writing. He also attended school at Elsinore until 1827. An acquaintance paid all expenses to send him to grammar school in Slagelse.

He published his first story, The Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave, in 1822. His career ended when his voice changed, and he decided to become a writer. At 14, he moved to Copenhagen to be an actor, and was accepted into the Royal Danish Theatre. After school, he worked as a weaver's apprentice and as a tailor's assistant. Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, to a father who claimed to be related to nobility.

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