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Title: The Wild SwansAuthor: Hans Christian Andersen, Misha Hoekstra (translator), Helen Crawford-White (illustrator)
Published: 1838
Language: English (translated from Danish)
Pages: 64
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
This little volume contains the classic fairytales The Wild Swans and The Nightingale.
Review:
Andersen's stories were a big part of my childhood, so I'm pretty sure I must have come across these back in the day. Reading them again was nostalgic and wonderful.
The stories in here are full of magic, atmosphere and beautiful imagery, even if they are quite short. This particular edition of this book is also illustrated with black and white drawings scattered throughout and I really liked them. I felt they added something a little extra to the story, although they only appear in the first story, The Wild Swans, and I really wish the second story had been illustrated as well, because out of the two, The Nightingale was my favorite.
I think this is a great little read for anyone who enjoys fairytales and I really do love this particular edition, it's wonderful.
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