| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
viii, 489 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [473]-475) and index. |
| Contents |
Map of Andersen's Denmark, c. 1850 -- Map of Andersen's Europe, c. 1850 -- Introduction: Life Stories -- The Country, 1805-1812 -- Master Comedy-Player, 1812-1819 -- The City, 1819-1822 -- Aladdin at School, 1822-1827 -- Fantasies, 1827-1831 -- My Time Belongs to the Heart, 1831-1833 -- Italy, 1833-1835 -- First Fairy Tales, 1835 -- Walking on Knives, 1836-1837 -- Le Poete, C'est Moi! 1837-1840 -- I Belong to the World, 1840-1843 -- Jenny, 1843-1844 -- Winter's Tales, 1844-1845 -- The Princes' Poet, 1845-1846 -- The Shadow, 1846-1847 -- Lion of London, 1847 -- Between the Wars, 1848-1851 -- Weimar Revisited, 1851-1856 -- Dickens, 1856-1857 -- Experiments, 1858-1859 -- Kiss of the Muse, 1860-1865 -- Aladdin's Palace of the Present, 1865-1869 -- So Great a Love of Life, 1869-1875. |
| Summary |
Describes Andersen's turbulent and difficult life, from his birth in 1805, through his success as a writer in mid-nineteenth-century Europe, to his desperate search for love, ambition, and meaning. |
| Subject |
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
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Authors, Danish -- 19th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0679455086 alkaline paper |
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