The Tinderbox: Hans Andersen

`There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels`

Though criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersen`s tales made him an international star, taken to the hearts of children and adults for their beauty, sorrow and strangeness. Included here are `The Steadfast Tin Soldier` and `Big Klaus and Little Klaus`.

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin`s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.