The Fairy Tale of My Life

(Translated by W. Glyn Jones)

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian

My life is a beautiful fairy tale, so eventful has it been and wondrous happy

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian The Fairy Tale of My Life (Translated by W. Glyn Jones)

British Book Centre Inc., 1954.

First edition. Large 4to. Buckram spine and paper covered boards. Illustrated in colour by Niels Larsen Stevns. A very good copy indeed.

Andersen originally wrote his autobiography in 1846, and revised and expanded it in 1855. This is the most authoritative English adaptation and translation.
"My life is a beautiful fairy tale, so eventful has it been and wondrous happy" so begins the author's tale of his life.

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