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1.ABOUTTHE AUTHOR
Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805, in
Odense, Denmark. Hans Andersen Sr. died in 1816, leaving
his son and a wife, Anne Marie. While the Andersen family was
not wealthy. young Hans Christian was educated in boarding
schools for the privileged. He achieved worldwide fame for writing
innovative and influential fairy tales. Many of his stories,
including
The Ugly Duckling' and The Princess and the Pea," remain
classics of the genre. He died in
Copenhagen on August 4, 1875.
Andersen's work first gained recognition in 1829, with the
publication of a short story entitled "A Journey on Foot from
Holmen's Canal Hans Christian A
the East Point of
to
with the publication of a play, a book
Amager". He followed this
author
of and a poetry travelogue. The promisil
won a grant from the king, allowing
him to travel across Europe an
develop his body
of work. A novel
based on his time in
published in 1835. The same Italy, The Improuisu
year, Andersen
began producing
fairy tales.
2. ABOUT THE
STORY
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Christmas tree. It was much larger and much lovelier sitting under the most beautiful
than the one she had seen last
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the green branches, and galy coloured balls like those in thethousand candles lit up
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