Fairy Tales

This book contains a large collection of fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, including tales that many of us have been introduced to through Disney type animated movies such as The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, The Princess on the Pea and The Snow Queen.

Now if you're like me and only know the child-friendly versions of these stories, I recommend that you read this book because these are those tales in their original form, full of unhappy endings and very macabre. It's the truth that many of those Disney fairy tales that we've watched as kids, have been adapted from these original stories and fables that I think traditionally were used to frighten children.

I think these stories would appeal more to the Twilight crowd, young adults who are cultured enough to read books filled with macabre and Gothic twists. This collection of fairy tales will make you watch Disney in a whole new way.

The tales featured in this book are as follows:

1. The Tinder Box
2. Little Claus and Big Claus
3. The Princess on the Pea
4. Thumbelina
5. The Travelling Companion
6. The Little Mermaid
7. The Emperor's New Clothes
8. The Steadfast Tin Soldier
9. The Wild Swans
10. The Flying Trunk
11. The Nightingale
12. The Sweethearts
13. The Ugly Duckling
14. The Fir Tree
15. The Snow Queen
16. The Red Shoes
17. The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
18. The Shadow
19. The Old House
20. The Little Match Girl
21. The Story of a Mother
22. The Collar
23. The Bell
24. The Marsh King's Daughter
25. The Wind Tells of Valdemar Daae and his Daughters
26. The Snowman
27. The Ice Maiden
28. The Wood Nymph
29. The Most Incredible Thing
30. Auntie Toothache

With interesting illustrations, like the one above, littered throughout the book before each different story, Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales is a great read for those who love fairy tales and fables in all their original glory.