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    The Ugly Duckling - The Golden Age of Illustration Series
    The Ugly Duckling - The Golden Age of Illustration Series
    The Ugly Duckling - The Golden Age of Illustration Series
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    The Ugly Duckling - The Golden Age of Illustration Series

    By Hans Christian Andersen

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    This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's most famous tale 'The Ugly Duckling', first published in May of 1859. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, Harry Clarke, Anne Anderson, Milo Winter among others.

    This series of books celebrates the Golden Age of Illustration. During this period, the popularity, abundance and - most importantly - the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated works marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form.

    The Golden Age of Illustration Series, has sourced the rare original editions of these books and reproduced the beautiful art work in order to build a unique collection of illustrated fairy tales.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 18, 2016
    ISBN9781473363861
    The Ugly Duckling - 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 Ugly Duckling - 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 Ugly Duckling

      Illustrator Biographies

      Anne Anderson

      Maxwell Armfield

      Gordon Browne

      Harry Clarke

      Rie Cramer

      John Hassall

      Vilhelm Pedersen

      Arthur Rackham

      Charles Robinson

      W. Heath Robinson

      Hans Tegner

      Milo Winter

      List of Illustrations

      The Ugly Duckling.

      Rie Cramer

      The Ugly Duckling.

      Maxwell Armfield

      The Ugly Duckling.

      Anne Anderson

      Summer-Time in Storkland.

      John Hassall

      In the sunniest spot stood an old mansion.

      Maxwell Armfield

      In the thickest part of the wood.

      John Hassall

      The Troublesome egg.

      John Hassall

      Leave it, and teach your other children to swim.

      Hans Tegner

      Peep, peep! said the youngster as he rolled out of the shell.

      Hans Tegner

      They swam together in the pleasantest manner.

      Anne Anderson

      And so they came into the poultry-yard.

      Vilhelm Pedersen

      Make haste and bow your heads to the old duck. She is the oldest of them all here. She is of spanish blood!

      Hans Tegner

      Now bend your neck, and say Quack!

      Helen Stratton

      Bless me, what a queer-looking object one of them is.

      Edna Hart

      A kind mother.

      John Hassall

      The poor duckling was scoffed at by the whole yard.

      Milo Winter

      The turkey cock marched up to the duckling quite red with passion.

      Anne Anderson

      Pity the poor duckling!

      John Hassall

      The poor duckling was hunted about by them all.

      Arthur Rackham

      The poor duckling was scorned by all.

      W. Heath Robinson

      The girl who fed the poultry kicked him.

      Helen Stratton

      The poor duckling was bitten and jeered.

      Gordon Browne

      He came to a wide moor.

      W. Heath Robinson

      Not so bad as he looks.

      John Hassall

      Suddenly a terrible dog, with his tongue hanging out, stood right in front of him.

      Hans Tegner

      Here there lived a woman with her tom-cat, and her hen.

      Charles Robinson

      An old woman and a cat and a hen lived in the cottage.

      Vilhelm Pedersen

      Next morning the new guest was perceived.

      Anne Anderson

      What’s that? said the woman, looking around.

      Helen Stratton

      Can you lay eggs?

      John Hassall

      In this house lived an old woman with a cat and a hen… What’s this? asked the woman. She could not see well, and so she believed the duckling was a fat duck.

      Hans Tegner

      Huffy!

      John Hassall

      And the cat said, Can you pur?

      W. Heath Robinson

      The duckling watching the swans.

      John Hassall

      One evening a flock of beautiful birds rose from the brushwood.

      Anne Anderson

      And the winter grew so cold!

      Charles Robinson

      He turned round and round in the water like a wheel.

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