Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work 1805-75

by Elias Bredsdorf and Elias Bredsdorff

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374523975
• ISBN13: 9780374523978
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful bedside reading

I'm a big fan of Andersen's fairy tales, and his life makes an excellent subject for a biography--Andersen was a highly unusual man whose life was closely chronicled during his lifetime.

Fascinating biography

The biography of Hans Christian Andersen by Elias Bredsdorff is a fascinating journey into every relevant detail of the life of the great danish writer. A large part of the book consists of interpretations by Mr. Bredsdorff, but each of them is inteligently supported by what seems to be a thorough and respectful research into Andersen's own writings and those of his friends and critics. Delightful.