List of Andersen's tales: composing your own!

He was surprisingly ugly, avoided human society and looked gloomy. But this nosed Dane had an amazing gift: to see the miraculous in the ordinary and gray, to revive objects and put philosophical wisdom and subtle humor into the mouth of his characters.

The list of Andersen's tales includes hundreds of works. In different sources, numbers from 150 to 180 are found. Sometimes a sensation suddenly occurs, and the world learns about a new magical story, accidentally found already in our days. This happened with the “Grease candle”, discovered a year ago, in December 2012, in the homeland of the Dane, in Odense. The manuscript was accidentally “unearthed” in the local archive under kilograms of waste paper.

Perhaps each reader can have their own list of Andersen's tales. Some sources keep track of the views of each of the published works of the author, thus obtaining their own popularity rating of magical stories. Sometimes they differ quite significantly. Somewhere in the top three winners were the famous "Thumbelina", "Snow Queen" and "Princess and the Pea." And somewhere, the Little Mermaid took the lead by a wide margin.

However, the basis in any case is the most famous and beloved by everyone Andersen's tales. The list, in addition to the ones listed above, is supplemented by “Flint” with its exciting plot, autobiographical “Ugly Duckling”, touching “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, funny “Swineherd” and a whole collection of stories for the week - “Ole Lukoye”. They were chosen by time and thousands of readers - young, mature and gray-haired.

But the Danish dreamer also has less popular works that are just as beautiful. If you already make a complete list of Andersen's fairy tales, and you can’t forget about them! A completely brilliant story for adults called "Baby Chatter" should be the reference book of every teacher, educator, parent. On two pages, the storyteller tells us about love for children (not only for yours!), About the dangers of hanging labels, about the vicissitudes of Fate and Fortune.

Have a holiday on one of the days off: re-read wonderful stories and make your own list of Andersen's fairy tales, which you will recommend to your friends. The story “What They Can't Come Up With ...” tells of a poetic gift, the ability to “catch a sunbeam” and not think about oneself. And the bitter ending of the tale sounds unusually relevant and sends us back to the Soviet times, when writers were persecuted by those who, not at all ashamed, declared: “I myself have not read this book, but I think ...”.

Amusing fairy tale "Well, what a hubby will do, that’s okay!" will teach wives humility and the ability to love a spouse as he is. The story “True Truth” tells about how the gossip transmitted by word of mouth grows like a snowball. And how ridiculous and instructive is the fairy tale "About the Storm Outweighing the Signs"!

Do not miss the work of the Danish writer. Let your children love the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. The list of works that gently educate curious and noisy boys and girls must necessarily include a whole series of stories. “Wild Swans”, “Cowgirl and Chimney Sweep”, “Nightingale”, “Galoshes of Happiness” and “Elderberry Mother” - these wonderful fairy tales are so nice to read, hiding in a warm blanket in frosty weather. Appreciate the humor, wisdom, and artistic skill of the author. He had the gift of catching a ray of sunshine.