Andersen tells his own story, from a poor childhood in Odense as the son of a shoemaker to his arrival penniless in Copenhagen, his struggles at school, the patrons who helped him, the critics who wounded him, and travels across Europe that brought fame and friendship with the great. Mary Howitt’s 1847 English translation was made with Andersen’s own cooperation.
The life of the great teller of fairy tales, which reads at times like one of his own stories. Download the free EPUB.