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First Installment Publication

Name: First Installment Publication
Start: 1835-05-08
Location: Copenhagen

When: 8 May 1835
Where: Copenhagen
Part of: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales, First Collection, begins publication

Andersen's first fairy tale booklet, containing four stories, was published in Copenhagen on 8 May 1835 by C. Reitzel.

The first installment was a volume of sixty-one unbound pages published on 8 May 1835. It contained 'The Tinderbox', 'Little Claus and Big Claus', 'The Princess and the Pea', and 'Little Ida's Flowers'. The first three tales were based on folktales Andersen had heard in his childhood.

Sources

Hans Christian Andersen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26

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