Beloved by generations of children and adults around the world for tales such as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes," Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) revolutionized children's literature. Although others before him had collected and retold folk stories and...
The first English language biographer to have returned to the original Danish sources Wullshlager creates a fascinating picture of Andersen as a deeply troubled man as far from Danny Kaye's all-singing version as it is possible to imagine. Desperately sensitive sexually confused...