Hans Christian Andersen : the story of his life and work 1805-75 / Elias Bredsdorff
1975, First Edition. London : Phaidon. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #459532
ISBN: 0714816361
Physical description; 376 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; 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. Authors, Danish
Biography 19th century. Authors, Danish 19th century ; Biography.
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