《安徒生童话全集（英文版）》选用的美国翻译家赫尔舒特英文译本。《安徒生童话》是一部以童话而名扬世界的文学著作，它是由丹麦知名诗人、童话作家安徒生历时近40年创作而成。“海的女儿”、“丑小鸭”、“皇帝的新装”、“拇指姑娘”和“卖火柴的小女孩”伴随了一代又一代人的美丽童年、少年直至成年。
《安徒生童话》问世一百多年来，至今被译成世界上140种文字，而其中英文译本更是不计其数。本书选用的美国翻译家赫尔舒特英文译本，被誉为“《安徒生童话》知名的英文译本之一”。
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作者简介：
JeanHersholt(1886-1956)wasaDanishactorwhoemigratedtotheUnitedStates,makinghimselfacareerinHollywoodasfrom1913.HewasanavidcollectorofAnderseneditions,andamongotherthingshetranslatedHansChristianAndersen'sfairytalesandstoriesintheexcellenteditionTheCompleteAndersen.
Byseveralpeople,Hersholt'sAndersen-translationfortheEnglishlanguagedworldisratedasthestandardtranslation,beingoneofthebest.
HersholtfeltdeeplyconnectedtoAndersen'sworldandhasapproachedthematterratheroriginally.AsappearsfromthebibliographiesontheHansChristianAndersenliterature,HersholtwroteseveralarticlesonAndersenandhealsoeditedTheAndersen-Scudder-Lettersin1948.TheCompleteAndersenincludesfirstprints(theyhadneverbeenprintedinDanish,either)ofnolessthanthreefairytales:Folkssay..,ThePoorWomanandthelittleCanaryBird,andUrbanus,theeditionalsoincludesThePigsfromthetravelbookInSweden,thewholePictureBookwithoutPictures,whichisoftenplacedamongthetravelbooks,andthenovelLuckyPeerwhichmayalsowithallreasonbecalledafairytalenovel.Normally,LuckyPeerisrangedasanovel.
ThelistofworkstranslatedbyHersholtincludestheoriginal156printedinAndersensowntimeplusthefairytalesfoundinhispapes-andpublishedafterhisdeath:TheCourtCards,Croak!,DanishPopularLegends,Godcanneverdie,ThePenman,TheTalisman,andThisFableisIntendedforYou.heGardenerandtheNobleFamily
boutfourmilesfromthecitystoodanoldmanorhousewiththickwalls．towers，andpointedgables．Herelived，butonlyinthe SummerseaS0na rich and noblefamily． Ofallthedifferentestatestheyowned，thiswasthebestandthemostbeautiful：ontheoutsideitlookedasifithadjustbeencastina，foundrv．andtheinsidewasmadeforcomfortandease．．Fhefamilycoatofarmswascarvedinstoneoverthegate；beautitUllscsclimbedaboutthearnlsandthebalconies；theCOHrtyardwascoveredwithgrass：therewereredthornandwhit‘th”1”I，andmany’“‘flowersevenoutsidethegreenhouse．
ThcoWncrsofthemanorhousealsohadaveryskillfulgardener．Itwasaoleasuretoseetheflowergarden，thcorchard，andthevegetablegarden，ApartLfthcmanor’soriginaloldgardenwasstillthere’consistingofaicwbox―treehedCesCutS0thattheyformedcrownsandpyramids． Behindthesestoo．dtwoold，htvtrees，almostalwayswithoutleaves，andonemighteasilythinkthatastormor．aterspouthadscatteredgreatlumpsofdirtontheirbranches；bu；eachlump．wasabird’snest．Here，fromtimeimmemorial．ascreamingswarinotcrowsan．drookshadbuilttheirnests：itwasaregularbirdtown，andthebirdsweretn‘oWners，thcmanor’soldestfamily―thcreallordship！Thcpeoplebelowmean！nothingtothem：theytoleratedthesecrawlingcreatures，evenifeverynowandthcnt‘cvshotwiththeirguns，makingthebirds’backbonesshiver，sothateverybirdflewupinfearandcried，“Rak！Rak！”
ThegardeneroftenspoketothenoblefamilyaboutcuttingdowntheOldtr，ee，s；didnotlookwell，andbytakingthemawaytheymightalsogetndtheshriackingbirds，whichthenwouldprobablylookforanotherplace．Butthefa，milydidnotwanttogiveupeitherthetreesortheswarmofbirds；thatwassomethingthemanOrC0uldnotlose． somethingfromtheoldentimes，whichshouldneverbeforgotten．
Wda；Whv．thosetreesarethcbirds’heritagebythistime，soletthemkeepthem，mvgoodLarsen！”Larsenwasthegardener‘sname，butthat1soiverytittleenCetothisstory．
“Haen’tyouspaceenoughtoworkinittleLarsen？Haveyounottheflowergarden．thegreenhouse，theorchard，andthevegetablegarden ‘Ycs．thosehehad，andhccaredforthem；hekepttheminorderandcultivatedthcmwithaffectionandability，andthatthenoblefamilyknew；buttheydid―n”tconccalfromhimthattheyoftensawflowersandtastedfruitsinotherpeople’shomcsthatsurpassedwhattheyhadintheirgarden，andthatmadethegardenersad．forhealwayswishedtodohisbestandreallydidhisbest．Hewas~ood’heartedandagOOdandfaithfulworker．一 OnedavthenOb．1efamilysentforhimandtoldhim，verykindly，thatthedaybefore．atsomedistinguishedfriend’shome，theyhadeatenapplesandpearsthatweresojuicyandsowellflavoredthattheyandalltheotherguestshadexpressedthciradmiration．Itwasdoubtfulifthefruitswerenative，butthey’oughttobeimposedandgrownhere．providedthcclimatewouldpermitit．Itwasknownthathadbeenboughtfromthefinestfruitdealerinthccity，anditwasdecided
togother‘andfindou．‘wherethese”“pearcalleandthenordersomeslipsforgraftingThegardenerknewthefruitdealer
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