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Collected Works

by Hans Christian Andersen
(1805-1875)


  • A-B-C Book, The (1858)
  • Angel, The (1844)
  • Anne Lisbeth (1859)
  • Aunty Toothache (1872)
  • Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind (1860)
  • Beetle Who Went on His Travels, The (1861)
  • Bell, The (1845)
  • Bell-Deep, The (1857)
  • Bird of Popular Song, The (1865)
  • Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, The (1861)
  • Bottle Neck, The (1858)
  • Brave Tin Soldier, The (1838)
  • Buckwheat, The (1842)
  • Butterfly, The (1861)
  • By the Almshouse Window (1847)
  • Candles, The (1870)
  • Cheerful Temper, A (1852)
  • Child in the Grave, The (1859)
  • Children's Prattle (1859)
  • Comet, The (1869)
  • Conceited Apple-Branch, The (1852)
  • Court Cards, The (1869)
  • Cripple,The (1872)
  • Croak
  • Daisy, The (1838)
  • Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine! (1871)
  • Danish Popular Legends (1870)
  • Darning-Needle, The (1846)
  • Days of the Week, The (1869)
  • Delaying Is Not Forgetting (1866)
  • Drop of Water, The (1848)
  • Dryad, The (1868)
  • Dumb Book, The (1851)
  • Elf of the Rose, The (1839)
  • Elfin Hill, The (1845)
  • Emperor's New Suit, The (1837)
  • Everything in the Right Place (1853)
  • Farm-Yard Cock and the Weather-Cock, The (1860)
  • Fir Tree, The (1845)
  • Flax, The (1849)
  • Flea and the Professor, The (1873)
  • Flying Trunk, The (1838)
  • Folks Say—
  • Garden of Paradise, The (1838)
  • Gardener and the Manor, The (1871)
  • Gate Key, The (1872)
  • Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, The (1859)
  • Goblin and the Huckster, The (1853)
  • Goblin and the Woman, The (1868)
  • God Can Never Die (1836)
  • Godfather’s Picture Book (1868)
  • Golden Treasure, The (1865)
  • Goloshes of Fortune, The (1838)
  • Grandmother (1845)
  • Great-Grandfather (1870)
  • Great Grief, A (1853)
  • Great Sea-Serpent, The (1871)
  • Happy Family, The (1848)
  • Holger Danske (1845)
  • Ib and Little Christina (1855)
  • Ice Maiden, The (1861)
  • In a Thousand Years (1852)
  • In the Nursery (1865)
  • In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea (1855)
  • Jack the Dullard (1855)
  • Jewish Maiden, The (1856)
  • Jumper, The (1845)
  • Last Dream of the Old Oak, The (1858)
  • Last Pearl, The (1854)
  • Leaf from Heaven, A (1855)
  • Little Claus and Big Claus, The (1835)
  • Little Elder-Tree Mother, The (1845)
  • Little Green Ones, The (1868)
  • Little Ida's Flowers (1835)
  • Little Match-Seller, The (1846)
  • Little Mermaid, The (1836)
  • Little Tiny or Thumbelina (1835)
  • Little Tuk (1847)
  • Loveliest Rose in the World, The (1852)
  • Luck May Lie in a Pin (1869)
  • Lucky Peer (1870)
  • Mail-Coach Passengers, The (1861)
  • Marsh King's Daughter, The (1858)
  • Metal Pig, The (1842)
  • Money-Box, The (1855)
  • Most Incredible Thing, The (1870)
  • Moving Day (1860)
  • Neighbouring Families, The (1847)
  • New Century's Goddess, The (1861)
  • Nightingale, The (1844)
  • Old Bachelor's Nightcap, The (1858)
  • Old Church Bell, The (1861)
  • Old Grave-Stone, The (1852)
  • Old House, The (1848)
  • Old Street Lamp, The (1847)
  • Ole the Tower-Keeper (1859)
  • Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-God (1842)
  • On Judgment Day (1852)
  • Our Aunt (1866)
  • Pea Blossom, The (1853)
  • Peiter, Peter and Peer (1868)
  • Pen and the Inkstand, The (1860)
  • Penman, The
  • Philosopher's Stone, The (1859)
  • Phoenix Bird, The (1850)
  • Pigs, The (1851)
  • Poor Woman and the Little Canary Bird, The
  • Porter's Son, The (1866)
  • Poultry Meg’s Family (1869)
  • Portuguese Duck, The (1861)
  • Princess and the Pea, The (1835)
  • Psyche, The (1861)
  • RaPuppet-Show Man, The (1851)ces, The (1858)
  • Rags, The (1869)
  • Red Shoes, The (1845)
  • Rose from Homer's Grave, A (1842)
  • Saucy Boy, The (1835)
  • Shadow, The (1847)
  • She Was Good for Nothing (1853)
  • Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship, The (1842)
  • Shepherdess and the Sweep, The (1845)
  • Shirt-Collar, The (1848)
  • Silver Shilling, The (1862)
  • Snail and the Rose-Tree, The (1861)
  • Snow Man, The (1861)
  • Snow Queen, The (1845)
  • Snowdrop, The (1863)
  • Something (1858)
  • Soup from a Sausage Skewer (1858)
  • Storks, The (1838)
  • Storm Shakes the Shield, The (1865)
  • Story, A (1851)
  • Story from the Sand-Hills, The (1860)
  • Story of a Mother, The (1848)
  • Story of the Wind, The (1859)
  • Story of the Year, The (1852)
  • String of Pearls, A (1857)
  • Sunbeam and the Captive, The (1847)
  • Sunshine Stories (1869)
  • Swan's Nest, The (1852)
  • Swineherd, The (1842)
  • Talisman, The (1836)
  • Teapot, The (1864)
  • There Is No Doubt About It (1852)
  • This Fable Is Intended for You (1836)
  • Thistle’s Experiences, The (1869)
  • Thorny Road of Honor, The (1856)
  • Tinder-Box, The (1835)
  • Toad, The (1866)
  • Top and Ball, The (1844)
  • Travelling Companion, The (1835)
  • True Story of My Life: A Sketch, The
  • Two Brothers (1859)
  • Two Maidens (1854)
  • Ugly Duckling, The (1844)
  • Under the Willow-tree (1853)
  • Urbanus
  • Vænø and Glænø (1867)
  • Which is the Happiest? (1868)
  • What Old Johanne Told (1872)
  • What One Can Invent (1869)
  • What the Moon Saw (1840)
  • What the Old Man Does Is Always Right (1861)
  • What the Whole Family Said (1870)
  • Wicked Prince, The (1840)
  • Wild Swans, The (1838)
  • Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, The (1865)
  • Windmill, The (1865)

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