![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever. The shadow gains insight into the dark side of human behaviour, then returns to the man and enslaves him. Plot summary A learned man's shadow becomes self-aware and takes on a life of its own. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 18įor 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children. Shadow ( Danish: Skyggen) is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. Package Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.8 x 9.5 inchesįrom the classic translation by H.P.Paull (1872), revised and partly re-translated by W.A. ![]()
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