Best Fairy Tales By Hans Christina Andersen

Some books are meant to be read. This one is meant to be treasured.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, this pocket-sized edition of Best Fairy Tales is the kind of book you’ll find yourself running your fingers over. Bound in real cloth, printed on high-quality paper, and finished with a ribbon marker and gilt edges. It feels lovely in the hand. Just right for tucking into a coat pocket for a walk along the Marginal Way, or leaving on the nightstand for a rainy Maine evening.

Inside, you’ll find thirty stories from a writer who quite literally invented a genre. Hans Christian Andersen gave us the versions of these tales we still whisper today, always with his signature twist of the strange and the tender.

Here you’ll meet old friends and discover new favorites:

• The exuberant early tales, like The Tinderbox and The Emperor’s New Clothes
• The poignant heartbreakers, including The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl, and The Ugly Duckling
• The darker, more subversive later works, such as The Ice Maiden and The Dryad

This edition uses the beloved classic translation by Jean Hersholt, features illustrations from various artists, and closes with a thoughtful afterword by Ned Halley.

It’s a book to grow up with. A book to read aloud. A book to pass down.

Whether you’re returning to Andersen after years away or introducing these stories to someone small, this little volume is a genuine keeper. Come linger over the pages a while. We think you’ll fall for it, too.

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