The Red Shoes
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Tags: Classics, Short Stories
ISBN-13:9781934648223
About the Author
Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Red Shoes." During Andersen's lifetime he was feted by royalty and acclaimed for having brought joy to children across Europe. His fairy tales have been translated into over 150 languages and continue to be published in millions of copies all over the world and to inspire many other works.
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There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear very large wooden shoes, which made her little insteps quite red, and that looked so dangerous!
In the middle of the village lived old Dame ...
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4/5
Reviewed by clducasse on Nov 20, 2009
Fun read
A delightful story with a good moral. A little somber as all Hans Christian Andersen stories are, but still a fun read.
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Ratings for 'The Red Shoes' by Andersen, Hans Christian
| BabsG | | 2008-12-07 | |
| clducasse | | Read review | 2009-11-20 |
| jogrebe |  | 2009-04-22 | |
| Leah87 |  | 2009-06-15 | |
| mmreyna1 | | 2009-06-20 |
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