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I really love the less famous stories by Andersen that involve objects or insects… A needle, a coin in a foreign land, a teapot that feels empty, a tree (that w
by agys 1y ago
I really love the less famous stories by Andersen that involve objects or insects… A needle, a coin in a foreign land, a teapot that feels empty, a tree (that wants to be cut down!) have deep inner thoughts; a butterfly in love!
In all those stories the last sentence introduces some sort of a final twist.
- coneonthefloor 1y agoAbout a decade ago I was at a museum in Odense, Denmark. I vaguely remember a comical story about him and Charles Dickens. In that Andersen would regularly visit Dickens and stay with him and his family. The gist was that Dickens found this to be quite irritating, as he was not enthused by Andersen's company, finding him to be much too emotional and having "strange" Danish customs.
- 615341652341 1y agoCurious what a strange Danish custom entails
- lifestyleguru 1y agoHe was talking in his sleep in a weird dialect of Swedish.
- coneonthefloor 1y ago> he requested one of Dickens' sons to shave him on a daily basis — a custom performed by hosts to male guests in Denmark. https://www.grunge.com/617197/the-truth-about-hans-christian-andersen-and-charles-dickens-friendship/ https://www.grunge.com/617197/the-truth-about-hans-christian...