HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN has won lasting fame and popularity for his fairy tales, but he also wrote novels, plays, travelogues, autobiographies, and tales for an adult readership.

PAUL BINDING is a leading literary critic and writer on Scandinavian literature and culture and the author of numerous books, including Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness.

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