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Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales are like exquisite jewels, which draw from its readers gasps of recognition and delight. Writing in the midst of a Europe-wide rebirth of national literature, Anderson broke new ground with his fairy tales by composing them in the vernacular, and setting them in his own land and time.
In contrast to such folklorists as the Brothers Grimm, Anderson’s tales are grounded in the real and often focus on the significance of small or overlooked things. A special collection of dreamlike delights, Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales contains more than one hundred and fifty fables that allow readers to return to these beloved tales again and again.