Hans Christian Andersen : the story of his life and work 1805-75 / Elias Bredsdorff
1975, Book Club Edition. London : Phaidon. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #427627
Physical description; 376 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Pictorial dust jacket with illustration by Rex Whistler for "The ugly duckling." Illustrated with 12 plates (included in pagination) with 37 illustrations. Page and text illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-372) and index. Contents; pt. 1: Andersen -- The swamp plant -- 1805-19 -- Hard times -- 1819-22 -- In the grammar school -- 1822-7 -- 'He's either mad, a lover, or a poet ... ' -- 1827-33 -- Travels -- despair -- success -- 1833-5 -- 'Would I were rich ... ' -- 1835-40 -- The traveller -- 1840-3 -- With kings, princes and dukes -- 1844-7 -- Two visits to Britain -- 1847 and 1857 -- Years of triumph and despair -- 1848-60 -- The elderly man -- 1861-9 -- The old man -- 1869-75 -- What was he like? -- pt. 2: The tales -- The range of Andersen's tales -- 'The whole world and a pair of new skates' -- 'A ray of sunshine, a drop of wormwood ... '. Subjects; Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805-1875. Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805-1875 ; Biography. Andersen, Hans Christian. 1800-1899. Authors, Danish 19th century Biography. Authors, Danish 19th century Criticism and interpretation. Authors, Danish.
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