så lad det være den største forbryder, han er dog et menneske som jeg; også han har været uskyldig! Hvem veed, hvor mange haarde kampe han kjæmpede, før han gjorde det første skridt til sin ulykke; lidt efter lidt gled han dybere, - pludselig bliver ingen en forbryder: det ere lidenskaber, opdragelse og en forunderlig sammenkjædning af omstændigheder, som danner vores livs malerie, - vi maa afskye forbryderens handlinger, men kan menneskeligheden dadles om den beklager ham? Hvem veed hvorledes vi havde handlet, om vi vare fødte i hans stilling, med hans lidenskaber og begreber?

The fame of his fairy tales had grown steadily; a second series began in 1838 and a third in 1845. In the book the protagonist meets characters ranging from Saint Peter to a talking cat. It was during 1835 that Andersen publiHans Christian Andersend the first installment of his immortal Fairy Tales (Danish: Eventyr; lit.

Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyr or "fantastic tales"—express themes that transcend age and nationality. Although a prolific writer of plays travelogues novels and poems Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote.