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Benjamin Lacombe’s haunting illustrations alongside Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story of love and loss showcase the tale in an enchanting new lightFrench artist Benjamin Lacombe has created stunning, one-of-a-kind artwork to illustrate the pages of Hans Christian Andersen’s original tale about a young mermaid who makes a devastating deal with a sea witch and transforms into a human, only to end up heartbroken, lose the deal, and lose her life. The book’s illu...

This book-collection file includes seven books: Andersen's Fairy Tales (The Emperor's New Clothes, The Swineherd, The Real Princess, The Shoes of Fortune, The Fir Tree, The Snow Queen, The Leap-Frog, The Elderbush, The Bell, The Old House, The Happy Family, The Story of a Mother, The False Collar, The Shadow, The Little Match Girl, The Dream of Little Tuk, The Naughty Boy, and The Red Shoes); Stories from Hans Andersen (THE SNOW QUEEN , THE REAL PRINCESS, THE GARDEN OF PARADISE, THE MERMAI...

"A nail biting cat-and-mouse thriller." - Katie Tallo, international bestselling authorJulie Walker thought she knew her life: three teenagers, a husband, and her job at the Ottawa library. But when a stranger confronts her with a shocking claim about her late father, everything she believed about her family is thrown into question.At first she struggles to know what to believe. But once the truth is revealed, a series of unsettling incidents escal...

\"We have not immortal souls, we shall never live again; like the green seaweed when once it has been cut off, we can never flourish more.\"The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to abandon her life in the sea as a mermaid to obtain a human soul.

A building undergoes multiple transformations through the centuries—but a fair-haired boy continues to haunt its halls . . .1460: Ismay Deacon, caught between sides in the War of the Roses, tries to hide away in her ancestral home, Havencross. But when word gets out that she has a child, and speculation on who the father might be, Ismay has to make a terrible choice to protect her son. The Deacon family disappears, but there are rumors of a fair-ha...

These casually drawn, perfectly on-point comics by the hugely popular young artist Sarah Andersen are for the rest of us. They document the wasting of entire beautiful weekends on the internet, the unbearable agony of holding hands on the street with a gorgeous guy, and dreaming all day of getting home and back into pajamas. In other words, the horrors and awkwardnesses of young modern life. Oh and they are totally not autobiographical. At all.Adulthood Is a Myth presents ...

The spooky, sweet romance between a vampire and a werewolf proves to be irresistibly fun in this love story by Sarah Andersen, creator of the popular Sarah's Scribbles comics.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets Jimmy, a charming werewolf...

The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's dreams and hope, and was first published in 1845. It has been adapted to various media including animated film, and a television musical.On a cold New Year’s Eve, a poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is freezing badly, but she is afraid to go home because her father will beat her for not selling any matches. She takes shelter in a nook and lig...

Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales have delighted generations of readers since they were first published starting in 1835. The Ultimate Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales brings together many of Andersen’s best-known and loved works including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Princess on the Pea,” “The Ugly Duckling,” and “Thumbelina.” Beloved by children and adults, Andersen’s fairy tales have been adapted countless times for the stage and screen, and continue to inspire modern ada...

As Lana stared at the twelve gladiators, straining against the ties at her wrists and ankles, she knew she was in trouble…Being the queen of high society had its downfalls, namely developing powerful enemies. But Lana fears no one and nothing. She speaks out against the cruelty of the coliseum, even while she's aroused by the muscular warriors.When she angers the wrong man, the last thing she expects is to become his entertainment for the night. Twelve glad...

Gathering 127 stories in a single volume, The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen presents one of the foundational bodies of modern children's literature and literary fairy tale. From "The Little Mermaid" and "The Snow Queen" to darker, more ironic miniatures, Andersen's tales combine folklore, Christian moral reflection, social satire, and lyrical melancholy. His prose is deceptively simple: conversational, symbolic, and often edged with psychological depth, transforming humbl...