The Nightingale (fairy tale)

"The Nightingale" (Danish: "Nattergalen") is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Set in ancient China, the story recounts the friendship between the Emperor and a nightingale.

The Nightingale
by Hans Christian Andersen
Illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen
Original titleNattergalen
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish
Genre(s)Literary fairy tale
Published inNew Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection (Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling)
Publication typeFairy tale collection
PublisherC.A. Reitzel
Publication date1843
  • How common it looks, said the chamberlain
    How common it looks, said the chamberlain[1]
  • The ladies took some water into their mouths to try and make the same gurgling, thinking so to equal the nightingale.
    The ladies took some water into their mouths to try and make the same gurgling, thinking so to equal the nightingale.[1]
  • The music-master wrote five-and-twenty volumes about the artificial bird.
    The music-master wrote five-and-twenty volumes about the artificial bird.[1]
  • Even Death himself listened to the song and said, 'Go on, little nightingale, go on!'
    Even Death himself listened to the song and said, 'Go on, little nightingale, go on!'[1]

Notes
  1. Andersen, Hans Christian. The Nightingale. Stories from Hans Christian Andersen. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1910.

References
  • Andersen, Hans Christian; Conroy, Patricia L. (transl.); Rossel, Sven H. (trans.) (1980). Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
  • Andersen, Hans Christian; Frank, Jeffrey; Frank, Diana Crone (2003). The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen: A New Translation from the Danish. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Heiner, Heidi Anne (7 July 2007). "History of "The Nightingale"". SurLaLune. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  • Jensen, Lars Bo. "Criticism of Hans Christian Andersen". Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  • Johansen, Bertil Palmar; Haugan, Asbjørg (1987). "Keiseren og nattergalen". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.
  • Jorgensen, Cecilia (17 March 2005). "Did the Emperor Suffer from Tuberculosis?". Icons of Europe. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  • Petri Liukkonen. "Hans Christian Andersen". Books and Writers
  • Nunnally, Tiina (2005). Fairy Tales. Viking Penguin. ISBN 0-670-03377-4.
  • "The Nightingale: Editions". Hans Christian Andersen Center. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  • Tatar, Maria (2008). The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-06081-2.
  • Burton, Marianne (2013) She Inserts the Key. Seren is the book imprint of Poetry Wales Press Ltd, Bridgend. www.serenbooks.com
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