The Tinder BoxBy cutting off a witch's head, a soldier gains possession of a magic tinderbox which makes him a wealthy man. |
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User Review - SashaM - LibraryThingA little collection of typycally highly moralistic tales combined with tales of people behaving badly and getting reward for it: In the Tinder Box a soilder kills a witch after she has made him rich ... Read full review
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User Review - Whisper1 - LibraryThingI had a visceral reaction to this book, both in the story and the scariness of the illustrations. It is a story lacking ethics and, in my opinion, not for children. When a weary soldier walks many ... Read full review
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Andersen's anyhow asked the soldier big as millwheels big as teacups big copper castle bit of chalk blue check apron bottom candle CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN clean his boots clever climb coach copper money cross dearly dog with eyes door drove eyes as big fairy filled his pocket flew floor flour folktales fourpence friends funny gold here's highroad hole hung ILLUSTRATED immortal iron bars King and Queen kiss knapsack lovely mind morning the King nice rooms night old lady-in-waiting old Witch Open the chest pair of eyes pence penny pretty Princess put the dog re-created REINHOLD COMPANY retell rope round Round Tower shoemaker's boy shouted sight silver sits a dog slippers smart clothes soldier took splendid stood story straight struck a light stump SVEND OTTO sword tell third room thought threw tinder box told town tree What's whip
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Tinder Box |
| Author | Hans Christian Andersen |
| Illustrated by | Svend Otto Sørensen |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Feb 5, 2010 |
| Length | 28 pages |
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