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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics)

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This is a good version of Andersens fairy tales in terms of translation,it makes the stories alive for children and adults too. Their are well known tales such as the Little Mermaid, but also some little known yarns,together they make a good mix. This book is fairly priced and full of good fayre. Well worth a read.Andersen's Fairy Tales (Wordsworth's Children's Classics)

Andersen's tales are well-known, of course, but in the case of a writer whose original stories were in another language, we get a lot of different translations. The basic story remains the same, of course.
In this Lewis translation of 12 stories, the English is lovely. In particular, the lesser-known "The Goblin at the Grocer's" is well-done. I found an internet site that has most or all of Andersen's stories, but the version there paled in comparison. Well worth the...(price) to get the Lewis, though I would like a complete Andersen by Lewis!