The Travelling Companion

"The Travelling Companion" (Danish: Reisekamaraten) is an 1835 short fantasy story for children by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The tale tells the story of young traveller, poor John, and how with the help of a magical travelling companion he marries a princess.^[1]

Derivative works

1925 Charles Villiers Stanford’s opera The Travelling Companion

References

External links

• Online text

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Hans Christian Andersen

Bibliography

Short story collections

• Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. (1835–1837)
• Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection (1838–1841)
• New Fairy Tales. First Volume (1843–1845)

Short stories

• "The Angel" (1843)
• "Blockhead Hans" (1855)
• "The Elf Mound" (1845)
• "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1837)
• "The Fir-Tree" (1844)
• "The Flying Trunk" (1839)
• "The Galoshes of Fortune" (1838)
• "The Garden of Paradise" (1839)
• "The Goblin and the Grocer" (1852)
• "Golden Treasure" (1865)
• "The Ice-Maiden" (1861)
• "Little Claus and Big Claus" (1835)
• "The Little Match Girl" (1845)
• "The Little Mermaid" (1837)
• "The Most Incredible Thing" (1870)
• "The Nightingale" (1843)
• "Ole Lukoie" (1841)
• "The Princess and the Pea" (1835)
• "The Red Shoes" (1845)
• "The Shadow" (1847)
• "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" (1845)
• "The Snow Queen" (1844)
• "The Snowman" (1861)
• "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (1838)
• "The Story of a Mother" (1847)
• "The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball" (1843)
• "The Swineherd" (1841)
• "The Tallow Candle" (1820s)
• "The Teapot" (1863)
• "Thumbelina" (1835)
• "The Tinderbox" (1835)
• "The Travelling Companion" (1835)
• "The Ugly Duckling" (1843)
• "What the Old Man Does is Always Right" (1861)
• "The Wicked Prince" (1840)
• "The Wild Swans" (1838)

Novels

• The Improvisatore (1835)
• O.T (1836)
• The Two Baronesses (1848)

Plays, operas

• Little Kirsten (1846)
• When the Spaniards Were Here (1865)

Poems and songs

• Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå
• Danmark, mit fædreland
• Hist hvor vejen slår en bugt

Other works

• Christine's Picture Book (art book)

Works inspired by
Andersen's life and works

• Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
• The Daydreamer (1966)
• The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968)
• Andersen Monogatari (1971)
• The Fairytaler (2002–2003)
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003 miniseries)
• Young Andersen (2005 serial)

Related

• Hans Christian Andersen Museums
• Pleated Christmas hearts
• International Children's Book Day
• Hans Christian Andersen Award
• Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award

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