The Galoshes of Fortune
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| "The Galoshes of Fortune" | |||
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| Short story by Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) | |||
| Original title | Lykkens Kalosker | ||
| Country | Denmark | ||
| Language | Danish | ||
| Genre(s) | Fairy tale | ||
| Publication | |||
| Published in | Three Poetical Works. (Tre Digtninger.) | ||
| Publication type | Anthology | ||
| Publisher | C. A. Reitzel | ||
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| Publication date | 19 May 1838 | ||
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"The Galoshes of Fortune" (Template:Lang-da)[1] is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 19 May 1838 with The True Soldier (one act verse play) and "That was Done by the Zombie" (poem) in Three Poetical Works.[2]
Reitzel paid Andersen 40 rixdollars for the story. In the tale, Andersen continues to perfect his colloquial style.[3] Andersen read the tale aloud in the late 1830s with his novel, Only a Fiddler.[4] The tale irritated the young Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard[5] with its satirical portrait of a bird that babbles on endlessly in a philosophical vein.[4][6]
Plot
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References
- Footnotes
- Works cited
- Andersen, Jens (2005), Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life, New York, Woodstock, and London: Overlook Duckworth, ISBN 1-58567-737-X
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|coauthor=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Kierkegaard, Soren (1990 (reprint)), The diary of Søren Kierkegaard, Citadel Press, ISBN 0-8065-0251-7
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Rossel, Sven Hakon (1996), Hans Christian Andersen: Danish writer and citizen of the world, Rodopi, ISBN 90-5183-944-8
- Stewart, Jon (2009), Kierkegaard's International Reception: Northern and Western Europe, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., ISBN 0-7546-6496-1
- Wullschlager, Jackie (2000), Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-91747-9
External links
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- "Lykkens Kalosker". Original Danish text
- "The Galoshes of Fortune". English translation by Jean Hersholt
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