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One of Andersen’s most heartbreaking stories is about a girl selling matches on New Year’s Eve, freezing in the cold night but choosing not to return home for fear of her abusive father.
Every time the little girl lights a match to keep herself warm, bright visions arise in front of her eyes – a fat, grilled goose on a plate gets up and walk towards her, a Christmas tree with toys, her deceased grandmother who was the only person who cared for the little girl. In the morning, the girl is found frozen with a box of burnt matches, with a smile on her face.
The story is accompanied by illustrations from a talented Italian artist Eleonora Simeoni, whose illustrations soften the tragedy of the story and help young readers get acquainted with the text.
Retold by Clara Wedersøe Strunge
Illustrated by Eleonora Simeoni
Publisher: Hans Christian Andersen Copenhagen
Published: 2021
ISBN DK: 9788794005142
ISBN ENG: 9788794005135
Length: 48 pages
Size: 150 mm x 10 mm x 230 mm
Contents: “The Little Match Girl”
Published in Danish, English and German
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen’s fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.
