“The Little Match Girl” is a story by Hans Christian Andersen. The narrative details a young girl’s experiences on New Year’s Eve, as she tries to sell matches on the street to avoid being beaten by her father. The girl imagines elements of a better life as she fights the cold. This story explores themes of poverty, hope, and cruelty.
The Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) enjoyed fame in his own lifetime as a novelist, dramatist, and poet, but his fairy tales are his great contribution to world literature.Hans Chris...
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Hans Christian Andersen, recognized as one of the masters of the fairy-tale genre, based much of his work on his own life. "Recollections of childhood and youth," wrote Reginald Spink in Hans Christia...
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During his lifetime, Hans Christian Andersen was well known in both Europe and the United States for his novels, fairy tales, and stories, as well as for his literary travel books and autobiography. S...
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Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen