Selected Fairy Tales (Collins Classics)

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

It doesnt matter if youre born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swans egg! (from The Ugly Duckling)

This collection brings together some of Hans Christian Andersens most popular fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and Thumbelina in a celebration of one of the worlds most widely recognised childrens authors. With universal themes and dark humour at their heart, these moralistic tales have delighted readers since first publication in the nineteenth century and continued to be well loved today.

The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, a storyteller of great importance to Western literature, have inspired many films, ballets and plays, and entertained generations of children and adults alike.