His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. His most famous fairy tales include The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Red Shoes, The Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match Girl and Thumbelina. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 139 works and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his fairy tales. Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 - 4 August 1875), in Denmark usually called H.C. The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen is a collection of the 139 fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, published between 18.
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