Table Of ContentJean Hersholt : The Complete Andersen
Jean Hersholt (1886-1956) was a Danish actor who emigrated to
the United States, making himself a career in Hollywood as from 1913.
He was an avid collector of Andersen editions, and among other things
he translated Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and stories in the
excellent edition The Complete Andersen (six volumes, New York
1949.) - which you may now read on this web site.
By several people, Hersholt's Andersen-translation for the English
languaged world is rated as the standard translation, being one of the
best.
Hersholt felt deeply connected to Andersen's world and has
approached the matter rather originally. As appears from the
bibliographies on the Hans Christian Andersen literature, Hersholt
wrote several articles on Andersen and he also edited The
Andersen-Scudder-Letters in 1948.
The Complete Andersen includes first prints (they had never been
printed in Danish, either) of no less than three fairy tales: Folks say ..,
The Poor Woman and the little Canary Bird, and Urbanus, the edition
also includes The Pigs from the travel book In Sweden, the whole
Picture Book without Pictures, which is often placed among the travel
books, and the novel Lucky Peer which may also with all reason be
called a fairy tale novel. Normally, Lucky Peer is ranged as a novel.
The list of works translated by Hersholt includes the original 156
printed in Andersens own time plus the fairy tales found in his papes
- and published after his death: The Court Cards, Croak!, Danish
Popular Legends, God can never die, The Penman, The Talisman, and
This Fable is Intended for You".
The Hersholt translation of fairy tales:
The A-B-C Book (ABC-Bogen)
The Angel (Engelen)
Anne Lisbeth (Anne Lisbeth)
At the Uttermost Parts of the Sea (Ved det
yderste Hav)
Aunty (Moster)
Aunty Toothache (Tante Tandpine)
"Beautiful" ("Deilig!")
The Beetle (Skarnbassen)
The Bell (Klokken)
The Bell Deep (Klokkedybet)
The Bird of Folklore (Folkesangens Fugl)
The Bishop of Börglum and his Men
(Bispen paa Børglum og hans Fræ nde)
The Bond of Friendship (Venskabs-Pagten)
The Bottle Neck (Flaskehalsen)
The Buckwheat (Boghveden)
The Butterfly (Sommerfuglen)
The Candles (Lysene)
Chicken Grethe's Family (Hønse-Grethes
Familie)
The Child in the Grave (Barnet i Graven)
Children's Prattle (Børnesnak)
Clumsy Hans (Klods-Hans)
The Comet (Kometen)
The Court Cards (Herrebladene)
The Cripple (Krøblingen)
Croak! (Qvæ k)
The Daisy (Gaaseurten)
Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine! ("Dandse,
dandse Dukke min!")
Danish Popular Legends (Danske Folkesagn)
The Darning Needle (Stoppenaalen)
The Days of the Week (Ugedagene)
The Drop of Water (Vanddraaben)
The Dryad (Dryaden)
Eighteenth Evening (Attende Aften)
Eighth Evening (Ottende Aften)
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The Elder-Tree Mother (Hyldemoer)
Eleventh Evening (Ellevte Aften)
The Elf Mound (Elverhøi)
The Emperor's New Clothes (Keiserens nye
Klæ der)
Everything in its Proper Place ("Alt paa sin
rette Plads!")
Everything passes, like the wind that blows
(Alt farer hen som vinden (Lykke-Peer) (Alt
farer hen som vinden)) 308
The Farmyard Cock and the Weathercock
(Gaardhanen og Veirhanen)
Fifteenth Evening (Femtende Aften)
Fifth Evening (Femte Aften)
First Evening (Første Aften)
The Fir Tree (Grantræ et)
Five Peas from a Pod (Fem fra en Æ rtebæ lg)
The Flax (Hørren)
The Flea and the Professor (Loppen og
Professoren)
The Flying Trunk (Den flyvende Kuffert)
Folks Say - ("Man siger -"!)
Fourteenth Evening (Fjortende Aften)
Fourth Evening (Fjerde Aften)
The Galoshes of Fortune (Lykkens Kalosker)
The Gardener and the Noble Family
(Gartneren og Herskabet)
The Garden of Paradise (Paradisets Have)
The Gate Key (Portnøglen)
The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf (Pigen, som
traadte paa Brødet)
The Goblin and the Grocer (Nissen hos
Spekhøkeren)
The Goblin and the Woman (Nissen og
Madamen)
God Can Never Die (Den gamle Gud lever
endnu)
Godfather's Picture Book (Gudfaders
Billedbog)
Golden Treasure (Guldskat)
A Good Humor (Et godt Humeur)
Grandmother (Bedstemoder)
Great-Grandfather (Oldefa'er)
The Great Sea Serpent (Den store Søslange)
The Happy Family (Den lykkelige Familie)
Heartache (Hjertesorg)
Holger Danske (Holger Danske)
Ib and Little Christine (Ib og lille Christine)
The Ice Maiden (Iisjomfruen)
In the Children's Room (I Børnestuen)
In the Duck Yard (I Andegaarden)
It's Quite True! (Det er ganske vist!)
The Jewish Girl (Jødepigen)
The Jumpers (Springfyrene)
Kept Secret but not Forgotten (Gjemt er ikke
glemt)
The Last Pearl (Den sidste Perle)
A Leaf from Heaven (Et Blad fra Himlen)
Little Claus and Big Claus (Lille Claus og
store Claus)
The Little Green Ones (De smaa Grønne)
Little Ida's Flowers (Den lille Idas Blomster)
The Little Match Girl (Den lille Pige med
Svovlstikkerne)
The Little Mermaid (Den lille Havfrue)
Little Tuck (Lille Tuk)
Luck May Lie in a Pin (Lykken kan ligge i en
Pind)
Lucky Peer (Lykke-Peer)
The Marsh King's Daughter (Dynd-Kongens
Datter)
The Metal Pig (Metalsvinet)
The Money Pig (Pengegrisen)
The Most Incredible Thing (Det Utroligste)
Moving Day (Flyttedagen)
The Naughty Boy (Den uartige Dreng)
