Aug 16, 2019
'The Old Gravestone' is a love letter by Hans Christian Andersen to the art of storytelling in quite possibly the saddest way possible. Because it's Hans Christian Andersen.
From: Folkekalender for Danmark
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
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Aug 14, 2019
In 'The Happy Family' Hans Christian Andersen gives us a pretty solid allegory for the myopic view of nationalism.
From: Folkekalender for Danmark
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
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Aug 12, 2019
'The Teapot' is Hans Christian Andersen at his finest. A sweet, sad and poignant tale that is almost a complete rebuttal to last Friday's story of divine classism from the Brothers Grimm.
From: Folkekalender for Danmark
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
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Aug 9, 2019
'Eve's Various Children' provides us a divine rationalization for some very serious classism.
From: Household Tales
Author: The Brothers Grimm
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Aug 7, 2019
At first blush 'The Grey Mare in the Garret' seems like a ghost story, but in reality it's a love tale set during The Plague in "Folklore and Legends: German".
From: Folklore and Legends: German
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