Facsimile reprint of 1889 edition, orig. published as Stories for the household ( )

Indeholder "The Silver Shilling", "The Old Church Bell", "The Snail and the Rose-Tree", "Little Ida's Flowers", "The Tinder-Box", "Great Claus and Little Claus", "The Princess on the Pea", "Thumbelina", "The Naughty Boy", "The Travelling Companion", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Goloshes of Fortune", "The Hardy Tin Soldier", "The Story of a Mother", "The Daisy", "A Great Grief", "The Jumper", "The Shirt Collar", "Old Luk-Oie", "Jack the Dullard. An Old Story told anew", "The Beetle", "What the Old Man does is always Right", "Ole the Tower-Keeper", "Good Humour", ""It's Quite True"", "Children's Prattle", "The Flying Trunk", "The Last Pearl", "The Storks", "Grandmother", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Loveliest Rose in the World", "Holger Danske", "The Puppet Showman", "The Pigs", "A Picture from the Fortress Wall", "In the Duck-Yard", "The Red Shoes", "Soup on a Sausage-Peg", "The Wicked Prince", "The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper", "Two Brothers", "The Old Street Lamp", "By the Almshouse Window", "The Lovers", "The Bell", "Little Tuk", "The Flax", "The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf", "The Money-Pig", "The Darning-Needle", "The Fir Tree", "The Swineherd", "Something", "A Leaf from the Sky", "The Drop of Water", "The Dumb Book", "The Jewish Girl", "The Elder-Tree Mother", "Two Maidens", "The Farm-Yard Cock and the Weather-Cock", "The Old Gravestone", "The Old Bachelor's Nightcap", "A Rose from the Grave of Homer", "The Wind Tells About Waldemar Daa and His Daughters", "Five out of One Shell", "The Metal Pig", "The Snow Queen", "The Nightingale", "The Neighbouring Families", "The Little Match Girl", "The Elf-Hill", "The Buckwheat", "The Old House", "The Happy Family", "The Rose-Elf", "The Shadow", "The Angel", "Twelve by the Mail", "What the Moon Saw", "The Story of the Year", "The Racers", "She was Good for Nothing", "In a Thousand Years", "'There is a Difference'", "Everything in its Right Place", "The Goblin and the Huckster", "The Bond of Friendship", "The Bottle-Neck", "Ib and Christine", "The Snow Man", "The Thorny Road of Honour", "The Child in the Grave", "In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea", "Under the Willow Tree", "Charming", "Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors", "The Butterfly", "Anne Lisbeth", "The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree", "The Bell-Deep", "The Little Sea Maid", "The Wild Swans", "The Marsh King's Daughter", "The Pen and Inkstand", "A Story from the Sand-Dunes", "The Phoenix Bird", "The Garden of Paradise", "The Ice Maiden", "The Swan's Nest", "The Story of the Wise Men", "The Psyche", "The Story of My Life", "'The Will-o'-the-Wisp is in the Town', Says the Moor-Woman", "The Windmill", "In the Nursery", "The Golden Treasure", "The Storm Shakes the Shield", "The Bird of Popular Song", "The Legend of Nürnberg Castle", "A Night in the Apennines", "The Carnival in Rome", "Mahomet's Birthday. A Scene in Constantinople", "Days in the Mediterranean", "The Graveyard at Scutari", "The Bosphorus", "Athens", "The Toad", "The Porter's Son", "Put Off is Not Done with", "The Snowdrop", "Our Aunt", "The Dryad", "The Thistle's Experiences", "Poultry Meg's Family", "What One Can Invent", "In Sweden".

"The Silver Shilling" handler om ???
"The Old Church Bell" handler om ???
"The Snail and the Rose-Tree" handler om ???
"Little Ida's Flowers" handler om ???
"The Tinder-Box" handler om ???
"Great Claus and Little Claus" handler om ???
"The Princess on the Pea" handler om ???
"Thumbelina" handler om ???
"The Naughty Boy" handler om ???
"The Travelling Companion" handler om ???
"The Emperor's New Clothes" handler om ???
"The Goloshes of Fortune" handler om ???
"The Hardy Tin Soldier" handler om ???
"The Story of a Mother" handler om ???
"The Daisy" handler om ???
"A Great Grief" handler om ???
"The Jumper" handler om ???
"The Shirt Collar" handler om ???
"Old Luk-Oie" handler om ???
"Jack the Dullard. An Old Story told anew" handler om ???
"The Beetle" handler om ???
"What the Old Man does is always Right" handler om ???
"Ole the Tower-Keeper" handler om ???
"Good Humour" handler om ???
""It's Quite True"" handler om ???
"Children's Prattle" handler om ???
"The Flying Trunk" handler om ???
"The Last Pearl" handler om ???
"The Storks" handler om ???
"Grandmother" handler om ???
"The Ugly Duckling" handler om ???
"The Loveliest Rose in the World" handler om ???
"Holger Danske" handler om ???
"The Puppet Showman" handler om ???
"The Pigs" handler om ???
"A Picture from the Fortress Wall" handler om ???
"In the Duck-Yard" handler om ???
"The Red Shoes" handler om ???
"Soup on a Sausage-Peg" handler om ???
"The Wicked Prince" handler om ???
"The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweeper" handler om ???
"Two Brothers" handler om ???
"The Old Street Lamp" handler om ???
"By the Almshouse Window" handler om ???
"The Lovers" handler om ???
"The Bell" handler om ???
"Little Tuk" handler om ???
"The Flax" handler om ???
"The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf" handler om ???
"The Money-Pig" handler om ???
"The Darning-Needle" handler om ???
"The Fir Tree" handler om ???
"The Swineherd" handler om ???
"Something" handler om ???
"A Leaf from the Sky" handler om ???
"The Drop of Water" handler om ???
"The Dumb Book" handler om ???
"The Jewish Girl" handler om ???
"The Elder-Tree Mother" handler om ???
"Two Maidens" handler om ???
"The Farm-Yard Cock and the Weather-Cock" handler om ???
"The Old Gravestone" handler om ???
"The Old Bachelor's Nightcap" handler om ???
"A Rose from the Grave of Homer" handler om ???
"The Wind Tells About Waldemar Daa and His Daughters" handler om ???
"Five out of One Shell" handler om ???
"The Metal Pig" handler om ???
"The Snow Queen" handler om ???
"The Nightingale" handler om ???
"The Neighbouring Families" handler om ???
"The Little Match Girl" handler om ???
"The Elf-Hill" handler om ???
"The Buckwheat" handler om ???
"The Old House" handler om ???
"The Happy Family" handler om ???
"The Rose-Elf" handler om ???
"The Shadow" handler om ???
"The Angel" handler om ???
"Twelve by the Mail" handler om ???
"What the Moon Saw" handler om ???
"The Story of the Year" handler om ???
"The Racers" handler om ???
"She was Good for Nothing" handler om ???
"In a Thousand Years" handler om ???
"'There is a Difference'" handler om ???
"Everything in its Right Place" handler om ???
"The Goblin and the Huckster" handler om ???
"The Bond of Friendship" handler om ???
"The Bottle-Neck" handler om ???
"Ib and Christine" handler om ???
"The Snow Man" handler om ???
"The Thorny Road of Honour" handler om ???
"The Child in the Grave" handler om ???
"In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea" handler om ???
"Under the Willow Tree" handler om ???
"Charming" handler om ???
"Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors" handler om ???
"The Butterfly" handler om ???
"Anne Lisbeth" handler om ???
"The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree" handler om ???
"The Bell-Deep" handler om ???
"The Little Sea Maid" handler om ???
"The Wild Swans" handler om ???
"The Marsh King's Daughter" handler om ???
"The Pen and Inkstand" handler om ???
"A Story from the Sand-Dunes" handler om ???
"The Phoenix Bird" handler om ???
"The Garden of Paradise" handler om ???
"The Ice Maiden" handler om ???
"The Swan's Nest" handler om ???
"The Story of the Wise Men" handler om ???
"The Psyche" handler om ???
"The Story of My Life" handler om ???
"'The Will-o'-the-Wisp is in the Town', Says the Moor-Woman" handler om ???
"The Windmill" handler om ???
"In the Nursery" handler om ???
"The Golden Treasure" handler om ???
"The Storm Shakes the Shield" handler om ???
"The Bird of Popular Song" handler om ???
"The Legend of Nürnberg Castle" handler om ???
"A Night in the Apennines" handler om ???
"The Carnival in Rome" handler om ???
"Mahomet's Birthday. A Scene in Constantinople" handler om ???
"Days in the Mediterranean" handler om ???
"The Graveyard at Scutari" handler om ???
"The Bosphorus" handler om ???
"Athens" handler om ???
"The Toad" handler om ???
"The Porter's Son" handler om ???
"Put Off is Not Done with" handler om ???
"The Snowdrop" handler om ???
"Our Aunt" handler om ???
"The Dryad" handler om ???
"The Thistle's Experiences" handler om ???
"Poultry Meg's Family" handler om ???
"What One Can Invent" handler om ???
"In Sweden" handler om ???

Skægge og tankevækkende historier, som jeg kender så godt på dansk at oversættelserne i sig selv er interessant læsning. ( )

Classic. Beautiful. Picturesque. Haunting. ( )

got this for an English class at Cornell University in the late 80s. I have 2 great grandparents who were born in Denmark, so I held onto it as a heritage thing. I don't read them to the kids -- too depressing for the most part. I joke to my Irish husband that the Irish have nothing on the Danes for melancholy

Book Description: Chancellor 1983. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Reprint edition. Binding is Hard Cover. A complete facsimile of the original published in 1889.