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Mulk raj anand
1905 – 2004, indian
Untouchable
Preface by E. M. Forster
Anand, hailed as his country’s Charles
Dickens, presents a portrait of India’s
untouchables written with an urgency and
fury that has made this his richest and
most controversial novel.
160 pp. 978-0-14-018395-5 $13.00
hans Christian andersen
1805 – 1875, Danish
“andersen is one of the canonical storytellers
of the nineteenth century, equally disturbing
and delighting for adults as for children.
There have been some capable versions
available in english, but Tiina nunnally’s
seems to me the best.” —h a r o l d b l o o m
8 Penguin ClassiCs
Fairy Tales
Translated by Tiina Nunnally
Edited with an Introduction by
Jackie Wullschlager
With this new translation and selection
of thirty tales, the unique inventiveness
of Andersen’s genius is revealed. At a
time when children’s stories were formal,
moral, and didactic, he revolutionized
the genre, giving an anarchic twist to
traditional folklore and creating a huge
number of utterly original stories that
sprang directly from his imagination.
496 pp. 978-0-14-303952-5 $17.00
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
hans Christian andersen
Hans Christian Anderson was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor
shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a teenager, he was well known locally
as a reciter of drama and as a singer, but he eventually found his calling as a
storyteller. Andersen’s first book was published in 1829. At first, he considered
his adult books more important, but in later life he began to see that his
charming, apparently trivial, stories could vividly portray features of human life
and character, and he would often thinly disguise people he knew as characters
in these stories. He once said that ideas for stories “lie in my mind like seeds and
only need the kiss of a sunbeam or a drop of malice to flower.” Andersen’s stories
began to be translated into English as early as 1846 and many of his most famous
titles—including “The Ugly Duckling”—continue to resonate in the popular
imagination.