Showing results by author "Christian Hans" in Literature & Fiction

Leto - eto pora puteshestviy: po lyesam, po goram, po polyam. I vsyudu mojno vstretit' chto-to neznakomoye, neojidannoye, udivitel'noye. Malen'kaya polevaya romashka, zvuk solov'inoy treli v lesu, zelyonyye goroshiny v struchkax na ogorode - vsyo, chto zametish' v puti, mojet prevratit'sya v volshebnuyu skazku ili chudesnuyu istoriyu, kotoraya ostanetsya s toboy na vsyu jizn'...

V dome pojeta i kritika Iespersena idet podgotovka k torzhestvu po sluchaju prem'ery ego p'esy. Sam Iespersen v jeto vremja gotovit hvalebnuju recenziju, kotoruju nazavtra opublikujut v gazete. Vernuvshis' domoj, on zastaet tam svoego starinnogo druga, propavshego mnogo let tomu nazad, doktora Vendelja.

The Tinderbox is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magic tinderbox capable of summoning three powerful dogs to do his bidding. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is sentenced to death but cunningly summons the dogs to save his life. The tinderbox - a box to kindle a flame - is the equivalent of the wonderful lamp, the witch is the evil magician, and the dogs with swirling eyes take the place of the two genies of the lamps.