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    The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series
    The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series
    The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series
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    The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series

    By Hans Christian Andersen

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    This touching fairy tale is Hans Christian Andersen’s tragic story of a young girl who’s left alone on the snowy streets the night of New Year’s Eve.

    In the cold and dark of a snowy New Year’s Eve, a young girl desperately tries to sell enough matches so she can return home without facing punishment from her father. But as night draws in, and the child fails to sell her wares, she begins to use the matches as a last attempt to stay warm. As she loses consciousness, she begins to envision the most beautiful things around her.

    First published in 1824, this classic story is a moral tale, evidencing the result of selfish or uncaring behaviour. As part of the Golden Age of Illustration series, this edition of The Little Match Girl features beautiful artwork from the likes of Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Harry Clarke, Honor Appleton, Maxwell Armfield, among others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateApr 16, 2013
    ISBN9781473380042
    The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series
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    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen ist fast jedem noch heute bekannt als einer der größten Märchenerzähler des 19. Jahrhunderts. Sein bewegtes Leben begann am 2. April 1805 im dänischen Odense auf der Insel Fünen. Er war der Sohn eines verarmten Schuhmachers und einer Trinkerin und hatte dadurch alles andere als gute Voraussetzungen für sein künftiges Leben. Den meisten sind heute die Märchen des Hans Christian Andersen bekannt. Auch wenn Hans Christian Andersen die Märchen zunächst für Kinder schrieb, sind sie heute vor allem bei erwachsenen Lesern beliebt. Der hintergründige Humor und die oft ernste Handlung mit subtilen Untertönen finden mehr bei Älteren Anklang.

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      The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series - Hans Christian Andersen

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      Copyright © 2015 Pook Press

      An imprint of Read Publishing Ltd.

      Home Farm, 44 Evesham Road, Cookhill, Alcester,

      Warwickshire, B49 5LJ

      This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or

      copied in any way without the express permission of

      the publisher in writing.

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from

      the British Library.

      www.pookpress.co.uk

      Contents

      List of Illustrations

      Hans Christian Andersen

      The Golden Age of Illustration

      The Little Match Girl

      Illustrator Biographies

      Honor C. Appleton

      Maxwell Armfield

      A. W. Bayes

      Gordon Browne

      The Dalziel Brothers

      Harry Clarke

      Arthur J. Gaskin

      Jennie Harbour

      Arthur Rackham

      Charles Robinson

      W. Heath Robinson

      Helen Stratton

      Hans Tegner

      List of Illustrations

      The Little Match Girl.

      Honor Appleton

      The Little Match Girl.

      Edna Hart

      A poor little girl was wondering in the dark cold streets.

      W. Heath Robinson

      It was so terribly cold.

      Helen Stratton

      A poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet.

      Hans Tegner

      She carried a lot of matches in an old apron and a box of them in her hand.

      Jennie Harbour

      Hungry and shivering, she went along, poor little thing, a picture of misery.

      Charles Robinson

      She sat down and huddled herself together.

      A. Gaskin

      She had drawn her little feet under her, but felt colder than ever.

      Helen Stratton

      Whist! How it shed sparks and how it burned! It gave out a warm, bright flame, like a little candle.

      Jennie Harbour

      Where the light fell upon the wall it became transparent.

      Edna F. Hart

      The goose jumped from the dish with the knife and fork in its back.

      Hans Tegner

      Goose hopped down from the dish and, with a knife and fork sticking in its breast, came waddling across the floor.

      Charles Robinson

      And there she was sitting under the beautiful Christmas tree.

      Jennie

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