Hans Christian Andersen wrote the autobiography “The Fairy Tale of My Life,” and Hjordis Varmer’s book reminds us that Andersen’s life, and fairy tales, are full of sadness and cruelty, as well as ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle who wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmark's National Archives. Its recent discovery has sent ...

Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday spotlights how one outsider’s stories still shape how children understand belonging and ...

A historian in Denmark may have discovered Hans Christian Andersen’s first fairy tale ever. The story, called “The Tallow Candle,” was discovered at the bottom of an old box in Denmark’s national ...

A newly discovered Hans Christian Andersen letter reveals the fairy tale writer never got to have his own "happily ever after." The emotional letter, believed to be written in 1832 when Andersen was ...

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle who wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmark's National Archives. Its recent discovery has sent ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — In the past months, Danes have lived in a true Hans Christian Andersen frenzy which some say has been no fairy tale. As his countrymen get ready to celebrate his bicentennial, ...

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