Juliet Townsend

The fairytale life of Hans Christian Andersen

A review of Hans Christian Andersen, by Paul Binding. The writer spent his whole life trying to run away from his miserable childhood

The Little Mermaid, illustrated by Ivan Bilibin 
issue 24 May 2014
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