#andersen fairy

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Thumbkin and Other Stories

Text Version by W. K. Holmes

Artist : Barbara C. Freeman (1906-1999)

Blackie & Son Limited

London and Glascow

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FAIRY TALE ART SERIES | Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' | PART II

Here's the human form of Iniya, my take on Hans Christian Andersen's little mermaid character.

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[happyheidi]

Anna and Elena Balbusso - The Fairy Flowers, Narcissus, inspired by H. C. Andersen, 2008 x

[bishiedoll]

雪の女王 (The Snow Queen) by Andersen, drawn by Takahashi Macoto in 1984.

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Illustration by William Heath Robinson of Thumbelina, facing page 64 of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, London: Constable, 1913. Now in the New York Public Library.

[thefugitivesaint]

'The Wild Swans', ''Baśnie'' by Hans Christian Andersen, 1938

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Thumbelina 🪶

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Illustrations from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Kay Nielsen (1924)

[nijinokanatani]

Elenore Plaisted Abbott (1875-1935)

“Tiny flew from flower to flower” (from ‘The flower maiden, and other stories’ by Hans Christian Andersen) 1922

[canon-in-too-deep]

Free Andersen's Fairy Tales Typeset

Free typeset #35: Han's Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, sized for half letter (letter folio).

Link to all my full free pdfs is here. Feel free to tag me if you use, or let me know if you find any errors, and please consider reblogging if you can! This is another full color typeset, once again using A LOT of art by Maurice Pillard Verneuil I got on rawpixel. I wanted to do a full double page spread for the chapter title pages, which, uh, did not play nicely with the text layout as a whole, so you'll see some blank pages in the text that I tried to pretty up by slapping a bit more art on them. But, overall, I'm quite pleased by how the color borders look! I usually try not to use color or lots of art in my typesets to make them more printer friendly, but I just got so inspired by MPV's art that I had to do something with them again. It's been really fun to go more extravagant with these typesets, though I am curious how many people would be interested in more free typesets like this? Or if folks would prefer the more simplified designs.

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The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

Artist : Errol le Cain (1941-1989)

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FAIRY TALE ART SERIES | Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid' | PART I

I previously uploaded this design for my interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, but added a new look for her, based on the original story, complete with a wreath of lilies and oysters from her grandmother, and her veil as well.

I plan to draw designs for the other characters in the story as well!

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[bethanydelleman]

I want to tell you about my favourite fairy tale as a kid that I wish got a real adaptation (Frozen was supposed to be but they changed it). It's called The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson.

Summary (because this is a long one): There are two kids, Kay and Gerda. They live across from each other, they are extremely close and very cute friends. Then suddenly, Kay gets a shard of demon mirror in his eye and it makes him a massive jerk. Like just the worst. He is then kidnapped by the Snow Queen who kisses him on the forehead so he can't feel cold.

Gerda thinks he's dead, but when she finds out that he isn't she goes on a Persistence Hunter Quest to bring back her platonic bestie (there is never a hint of romantic love). She has no skills except being good at telling her sob story and just keeps freaking going until she find the Snow Queen's castle. She even convinces a robber girl to give her a tame reindeer to ride at one point.

Eventually she finds Kay, whom she hugs to melt his heart and then he cries out the mirror shard. They escape all the way back home and then are like, "Huh, we are all growed up now." End of story.

I don't know why I loved it so much as a kid, but it has similar vibes to East of the Sun and West of the Moon, which is also about a woman who has no skills except the ability to keep going no matter what. I love it as an adult because Gerda wants to save Kay even though he doesn't deserve it at all and I love how persistent she is in the face of severe adversity. She's an incredibly strong character just for going on, not because she is badass in some unrealistic way. It makes me think about trying to save a friend from addiction or a bad relationship.

This was my childhood copy:

The illustrations are beautiful, but I can't find them online. Here are two:

[bishiedoll]

雪ひめ (The Snow Queen) by Takahashi Macoto.

From: The Shougaku Ninensei issue of December 1969 and a postcard scanned by ゆゆ.

[thefugitivesaint]

Rudolf Koivu (1890-1946), 'Matkatoveri Reskamraten' (Travel companion Reskamraten), ''Fairy Tales'' by Hans Christian Andersen, 1940