Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements viii
4. Introductory: Europe, Denmark, the World 1
5. PART 1. FROM SKYGGEBILLEDER (SHADOW PICTURES) TO ‘SKYGGEN’ (‘THE SHADOW’)
6. CHAPTER 1. William Christian Walter 13
7. CHAPTER 2. Germany 1831 and After 45
8. CHAPTER 3. The Improvisatore 66
9. CHAPTER 4. O.T. 87
10. CHAPTER 5. Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn (Fairy-Tales Told for Children) 104
11. CHAPTER 6. Kun en Spillemand (Only a Fiddler) and ‘Den Standhaftige Tinsoldat’ (‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’) 138
12. CHAPTER 7. En Digters Bazar (A Poet’s Bazaar) 173
13. CHAPTER 8. The Canonical Stories 194
14. PART TWO. FROM ‘DET GAMLE HUUS’ (‘THE OLD HOUSE’) TO ‘TANTE TANDPINE’ (‘AUNTIE TOOTHACHE’)
15. CHAPTER 9. Britain, Dickens, Revolutions and Wars 259
16. CHAPTER 10. What the Wind Tells: Stories 1858–59 320
17. CHAPTER 11. ‘Iisjomfruen’, ‘The Ice Maiden’, 1861 342
18. CHAPTER 12. Beginnings and Endings. From ‘Dryaden’ (‘The Dryad’) to ‘Tante Tandpine’ (‘Auntie Toothache’) 374
19. Chronology 423
20. Notes 428
21. Index 472