Fall/Winter 2006 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T
Hans Christian Andersen
The Complete Stories
THE BRITISH LIBRARY
The stories of Hans Christian Andersen are known
all over the world and he is one of the most translated
authors of all time. Andersen’s fame rests
on his fairy tales and stories, written between
1835 and 1872, among the best known of which
are ‘The Ugly Duckling,’ ‘The Little Mermaid,’
‘The Princess and the Pea,’ ‘The Snow Queen,’
‘The Nightingale,’ and ‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier.’
With these fairy tales, inspired by the great tradition
of the Arabian Nights and by the brothers
Grimm, Andersen became known as the father of
the modern fairytale. Moreover, Andersen’s works
were original. Only twelve of his 156 known fairy
stories drew on folktales. This complete collection
of Andersen’s stories is based on Jean Hersholt’s
classic translation.
Andersen’s stories have been widely illustrated
by some of the best-known illustrators of the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries, in particular those
of the Edwardian period – the Golden Age of illustration
– including W. Heath Robinson, Arthur
Rackham, Mabel Lucie Atwell, Kay Nielsen and
Edmund Dulac. Around ninety of the stories are
illustrated with reproductions of original illustrations
from classic Edwardian to contemporary
illustrators. In addition, there are thirteen newly
commissioned illustrations for some of Andersen’s
less well-known stories.
Advanced Praise:
‘The British Library has published a stupendous book, just
under 1,000 pages long, of the complete stories.’
The Guardian
LITERARY STUDIES
980 pp / 7 ½ x 10 2 /3 / Available
60 colour and 30 black and white illustrations
Cloth ISBN 0-7123-0682-X / 978-07123-0682-9
$49.95 E
DISTRIBUTIONS RIGHTS FOR NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA ONLY.
OTHER RIGHTS HELD BY THE BRITISH LIBRARY.
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