Author: Bredsdorff, Elias.
Title: Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work 1805 - 75.
Description: London Phaidon Press, 1975. 1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, black & white drawings, minor edgewear, owner's rubber stamp. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 376 pp. First edition. Biography of the controversial Danish author of children's fairy tales. Includes a detailed discussion of how his fairy tales have been mistranslated and bowdlerized by Victorian lady translators. ISBN: 0714816361

Keywords: biography, literature, authors, writers, children's literature, europe, denmark, first edition 0714816361


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