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Atatimewhenchildren'sstorieswereformal,moralanddidactic,HansChristianAndersenrevolutionizedthegenre,givingananarchictwisttotraditionalfolkloreandcreatingahugenumberofutterlyoriginalstoriesthatsprangdirectlyfromhisimagination.Fromtheexuberantearlystoriessuchas'TheEmperor'sNewClothes',thoughpoignantmasterpiecessuchas'TheLittleMermaid'and'TheUglyDuckling',tothedarker,moresubversivelatertaleswrittenforadults,thestoriesincludedhereareendlesslyexperimental,bothhumorousandirreverent,sorrowfulandstrange.Thisbookwillbringthesemagicaltalestolifeforreadersofanyage.