A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of the world's most celebrate fairy tales.

'Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.' - Hans Christian Andersen.

A delightful selection of stories from Hans Christian Andersen, translated by the eminent writer and critic, Naomi Lewis. All the best-known and most-loved stories are included - 'Thumbelina', 'The Snow Queen', 'The Emperor's New Clothes' etc, as well as the less familiar - 'The Goblin at the Grocer's' and 'Dance, Dolly, Dance'.