Rarely does a European or American child grow up without an introduction to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling", "The Princess and the Pea", or "Thumbelina". Andersen began publishing his fairy tales in 1835, and they brought him almost immediate acclaim among Danish and German readers, fo[...]
"There are many chapters in Inevitable ... which mark the book as an exquisite example of the fictionists art. The author's touch is always delicate and sure in handling the lights and shades of thought and emotion. ... There is not a poorly drawn character among the score or so in the book"
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