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Fairy Tales and Stories
- 277 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 1850
- 145 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
Many of these stories for children are famous the world over. 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Ice Maiden', 'The Red Shoes', 'The Snow Queen', 'Thumbelina', 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'The Ugly Duckling' are as popular now as they ever were.
Good for readers who want: short stories, fairy tales, and a book they can read free online.
- Children's stories
- Fairy tales
- Children's stories, Danish
- Short stories
- Miniature books
- Tales
- Basic English
- Folklore
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Read it on the Internet Archive3 About Hans Christian Andersen
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by Hans Christian Andersen
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