On This Day April 7

The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Anderson's delightful account of the mermaid who wanted to be a whole human, was first published on April 7, 1837. Critics hated Hans Christian Andersen's early fairy tales, so he delayed publishing The Little Mermaid for a year. Anderson wrote 168 fairy tales all of them written with simplicity and wisdom. Many of their moral meanings were intended for adults. The great Dane himself did not rate his fairy tales very highly.

The Little Mermaid is found by the Prince illustration by Edmund Dulac

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