"It does not matter in the least having been born in a duckyard if only you come out of a swan's egg." -- "The Ugly Duckling" Hans Christian Andersen, the only child of a poor shoemaker and an ...

Biography Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness Paul Binding Yale; hdbk, €25, 384 pages Hans Christian Andersen On June 11 1857, Hans Christian Andersen arrived at Charles Dickens's house, having ...

For most adults, the name Hans Christian Andersen evokes a benign Dane, devoted to spinning cheery fairy tales for rapt children. That image is wrong on every count except his nationality, as ...

Five Weeks in the Country’ is a fictionalized account of the summer that Andersen overstayed his welcome at Dickens' country ...

Hans Christian Andersen [based on a story by Myles Connolly] is a charming fairy tale about the Danish master of the childhood fantasy, done with the taste expected of a Samuel Goldwyn production.

Dougray Scott (“Mission: Impossible 2,” “Desperate Housewives”) will embody iconic Danish author Hans Christian Andersen in “Fairytale Detective,” a new crime drama series from writer Brendan Foley ...

There’s lots to love about Martin McDonagh, author of such universally acclaimed works as In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, The Pillowman, and lately the Oscar-nominated Three Billboards. His newest play, ...

Collections of children's classics pay homage to the best of children's literature, folk and fairy tales. Timeless tales continue to thrill each new generation in The Stories of Hans Christian ...