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Lost Story By Hans Christian Andersen Found!

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A Danish historian has found a long lost fairy tale by famed writer Hans Christian Andersen! The story was found buried in a box of miscellaneous items donated to the National Archives by a wealthy Danish family in Andersen’s hometown of Odense.

The six page story is titled “The Tallow Candle” and Andersen dedicated it to a neighbouring widow. It is likely one of Andersen’s very early works, written before he became a landmark name with his timeless fairy tales like THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES and THUMBELINA.

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Andersen was not considered handsome and some suspect that his story THE UGLY DUCKLING was based on his own experiences.
  • Andersen was born on April 2, 1805 and every year on April 2, the world celebrates his writing with International Children’s Book Day.
  • Though Andersen is widely read now, he was fairly unpopular in his lifetime and only saw some success with his fairy tales when he was in his 40s.
  • In Copenhagen harbour there is a statue of a mermaid in honour of Andersen and his fairy tale, THE LITTLE MERMAID.
  • Andersen died in 1872 leaving behind no wife nor children.

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