Capturing The Golden Bird: The Young Hans Christian Andersen
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good — no tears, slight shelf-wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact.
Before Hans Christian Andersen became the beloved storyteller whose fairy tales enchanted the world, he was a poor, awkward boy from Odense, Denmark, burning with an unshakeable dream of becoming famous. Capturing the Golden Bird by Jean Chapman chronicles the remarkable early life of the young Andersen — his humble origins, his eccentric and imaginative childhood, and his determined, often heartbreaking pursuit of artistic greatness in the theatres and salons of Copenhagen. Chapman brings the cobblestone streets and candlelit parlours of early 19th-century Denmark to vivid life, presenting a portrait of a young dreamer who refused to let poverty or ridicule silence his extraordinary imagination. Illustrated with striking silhouette-style artwork by Sandra Laroche, the book captures the whimsy and melancholy that would later define Andersen's own fairy tales. Readers familiar with The Ugly Duckling will find its origins impossible to miss — and those who are not will discover that the most enduring stories are often born from the most improbable of lives.
Author: Jean Chapman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, -
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good — no tears, slight shelf-wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact.
Before Hans Christian Andersen became the beloved storyteller whose fairy tales enchanted the world, he was a poor, awkward boy from Odense, Denmark, burning with an unshakeable dream of becoming famous. Capturing the Golden Bird by Jean Chapman chronicles the remarkable early life of the young Andersen — his humble origins, his eccentric and imaginative childhood, and his determined, often heartbreaking pursuit of artistic greatness in the theatres and salons of Copenhagen. Chapman brings the cobblestone streets and candlelit parlours of early 19th-century Denmark to vivid life, presenting a portrait of a young dreamer who refused to let poverty or ridicule silence his extraordinary imagination. Illustrated with striking silhouette-style artwork by Sandra Laroche, the book captures the whimsy and melancholy that would later define Andersen's own fairy tales. Readers familiar with The Ugly Duckling will find its origins impossible to miss — and those who are not will discover that the most enduring stories are often born from the most improbable of lives.