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Hans Christian Andersen : the story of his life and work 1805-75 / Elias Bredsdorff.

Title
Hans Christian Andersen : the story of his life and work 1805-75 / Elias Bredsdorff.
Author
Bredsdorff, Elias
Publication
London : Phaidon, 1975.

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Description
376 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Andersen, H. C. 1805-1875
  • 1800-1899
  • Authors, Danish > 19th century > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Bookplates – England – 1970-1988.
  • Dust jackets – England – 1975.
  • Paper (fibre product) case bindings – England – 1975.
  • Biographies – England – 1975.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [366]-372.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. 1: Andersen -- The swamp plant - 1805-19 -- Hard times - 1819-22 -- In the grammar school - 1822-7 -- 'He's either mad, a lover, or a poet...' - 1827-33 -- Travels - despair - success - 1833-5 -- 'Would I were rich...' - 1835-40 -- The traveller - 1840-3 -- With kings, princes and dukes - 1844-7 -- Two visits to Britain - 1847 and 1857 -- Years of triumph and despair - 1848-60 -- The elderly man - 1861-9 -- The old man - 1869-75 -- What was he like? -- pt. 2: The tales -- The range of Andersen's tales -- 'The whole world and a pair of new skates' -- 'A ray of sunshine, a drop of wormwood...'.
ISBN
0714816361
LCCN
^^^75319032^//r83
OCLC
  • 1446622
  • SCSB-12030050
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library