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   This free online course introduces you to some of Hans Christian Andersen’s most popular fairy tales, as well as a few less well known. It can help you analyse the themes in these fairy tales, and give you the possibility to discuss the author’s relationship with his own age as well as his cross-cultural importance today, as the inspiration behind many popular books and movies. During this course you will read and analyze Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales, including The Tinderbox, The Travelling Companion, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen (the inspiration for Disney’s Frozen), The Story of a Mother, The Red Shoes