![]() ![]() ![]() Andersen has written, "Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. Ultimately, late in life, he achieved near-global recognition far beyond anything he expected. Item 6305 12 mo., cloth covered boards, hardcover, 206 pages one of the Great Lives In Brief Series very good in edgeworn dust. The familiar facts of Andersen's life find expression in his tales, and Godden fuses fact and fiction beautifully in this book.Īndersen, a "lonely, gentle, grotesque figure," was well acquainted with despair and happiness, heartache and joy.įailure, however, never deterred him long from his stalwart determination to write. As a writer of fiction, Godden brings her seasoned storyteller's craft to the task of rendering sensitively, but not sentimentally, a rich account of Hans, the mercurial man and his matchless work. Hans Christian Andersen: A Great Life in Brief recreates and celebrates the life of a teller of tales born 150 years earlier.Īlthough it is but one of innumerable Andersen biographies, Godden's work is distinctive, uncommonly readable, and inviting. Preview of Hans Christian Andersen Summary: ![]()
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