Hans Christian Andersen

The True Story of My Life Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian's Andersen's life was a fairytale. The son of a shoemaker and the grandson of a comic actor, he wanted an education and the chance to do the stage from childhood. This lead to poverty in Copenhagen while he sang and danced, a benefactor who obtained funds from royalty for his education, many tragic days due to criticism of his poetry and his tragedies, and his travels. After he wrote his children's tales, he met royalty, the Grimm's Brothers, Dickens, and Mendelssohn. His autobiography always has that fairytale hope, obstacles, clownishness, and the almost unreal scenes with royalty, Jenny Lind, and other artists, all because he did what he wanted.