THE SAND-HILLS OF JUTLAND - 18 tales and stories by Hans Christian Andersen E-Book

Hans Christian Andersen

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

In this volume you will find 18 children’s stories by the master story-teller - Hans Christian Andersen. This present volume is the second of the selected stories from Hans Christian Andersen. John Ruskin, after whom Ruskin College, Oxford is named, considered "The Sandhills of Jutland" to be “the most perfect story” that he knew.

The 18 tales in this volume are:

• The Sand-Hills Of Jutland
• The Mud-King's Daughter
• The Quickest Runners
• The Bell's Hollow
• Soup Made Of A Sausage-Stick
• The Neck Of A Bottle
• The Old Bachelor's Nightcap
• Something
• The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream
• The Wind Relates The Story Of Waldemar Daae and His Daughters
• The Girl Who Trod Upon Bread
• Olé, The Watchman Of The Tower
• Anne Lisbeth; Or, The Apparition Of The Beach
• Children's Prattle
• A Row Of Pearls
• The Pen And The Inkstand
• The Child In The Grave
• Charming

The power of Andersen’s tales to charm and elevate runs like a living thread through whatever he writes. His books have met the tests and held an undiminishing popularity among the best of children's books. They have set the standard, and their place in permanent literature will grow wider and more secure as time passes. Only a few children's authors will, and should, be ranked among the Immortals, and Hans Andersen is without a doubt one of them.

That the genial author travelled widely for a man of his time, has enabled him to add charm to the stories in this volume. Almost everywhere he went he was urged to tell the tales himself. Even though he had become world famous, he did with equal measures of charm and grace in the kitchens of the humble and in the courts of nobles and palaces of kings.
Wherever there are children to read, the stories of Hans Christian Andersen will be read and loved.
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bell's hollow, soup made of a sausage-stick, neck of a bottle, old bachelor's nightcap, something, old oak tree's last dream, wind relates the story of waldemar daae, daughters, girl who trod upon bread, olé, watchman of the tower, anne lisbeth, apparition of the beach, children's prattle, row of pearls, pen and the inkstand, child in the grave, charming

Leseprobe

The Sandhills of Jutland

ByHans Christian Andersen

Translated byMrs. Bushby.

Originally Published By

Richard Bentley, London

[1860]

Resurrected ByAbela Publishing, London[2018]

The Sandhills of Jutland

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2018

This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Abela Publishing,

London

United Kingdom

2018

ISBN-13: 978-X-XXXXXX-XX-X

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From: The Old Oak Tree’s Last Dream

Dedication

The Following Tales Are Dedicated,

With The Highest Sentiments of

Esteem And Regard,

To

The Baron Charles Joachim Hambro,

By

Hans Christian Andersen.

Acknowledgements

The Publisher acknowledges the work that

Hans Andersen

did in writing and publishing

The Sandhills Of Jutland

in a time well before any electronic media was in use.

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10% of the net from the sale from this book

will be donated to Charities.

Contents

THE SAND-HILLS OF JUTLAND

THE MUD-KING'S DAUGHTER

THE QUICKEST RUNNERS

THE BELL'S HOLLOW

SOUP MADE OF A SAUSAGE-STICK

THE NECK OF A BOTTLE

THE OLD BACHELOR'S NIGHTCAP

SOMETHING

THE OLD OAK TREE'S LAST DREAM

THE WIND RELATES THE STORY OF WALDEMAR DAAE

AND HIS DAUGHTERS

THE GIRL WHO TROD UPON BREAD

OLÉ, THE WATCHMAN OF THE TOWER

ANNE LISBETH; OR, THE APPARITION OF THE BEACH

CHILDREN'S PRATTLE

A ROW OF PEARLS

THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND

THE CHILD IN THE GRAVE

CHARMING

The Sand-hills of Jutland

his is a story from the Jutland sand-hills, but it does not commence there; on the contrary, it commences far away towards the south, in Spain. The sea is the highway between the two countries. Fancy yourself there. The scenery is beautiful; the climate is warm. There blooms the scarlet pomegranate amidst the dark laurel trees; from the hills a refreshing breeze is wafted over the orange groves and the magnificent Moorish halls, with their gilded cupolas and their painted walls. Processions of children parade the streets with lights and waving banners; and, above these, clear and lofty rises the vault of heaven, studded with glittering stars. Songs and castanets are heard; youths and girls mingle in the dance under the blossoming acacias; whilst beggars sit upon the sculptured blocks of marble, and refresh themselves with the juicy water-melon. Life dozes here: it is all like a charming dream, and one indulges in it. Yes, thus did two young newly-married persons, who also possessed all the best gifts of earth—health, good humour, riches, and rank.

"Nothing could possibly exceed our happiness," they said in the fulness of their joyful hearts; yet there was one degree of still higher happiness to which they might attain, and that would be when God blessed them with a child—a son, to resemble them in features and in disposition.

That fortunate child would be hailed with rapture; would be loved and daintily cared for; would be the heir to all the advantages that wealth and high birth can bestow.

The days flew by as a continual festival to them.

"Life is a merciful gift of love—almost inconceivably great," said the young wife; "but the fulness of this happiness shall be tasted in that future life, when it will increase and exist to all eternity. The idea is incomprehensible to me."

"That is only an assumption among mankind," said her husband. "In reality, it is frightful pride and overweening arrogance to think that we shall live forever—become like God. These were the serpent's wily words, and he is the father of lies."

"You do not, however, doubt that there is a life after this one?" asked his wife; and for the first time a cloud seemed to pass over their sunny heaven of thought.

"Faith holds forth the promise of it, and the priests proclaim it," said the young man; "but, in the midst of all my happiness, I feel that it would be too craving, too presumptuous, to demand another life after this one—a happiness to be continual. Is there not so much granted in this existence that we might and ought to be content with it?"