Hans Christian Andersen's Tales: The Shadow

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Andersen, Hans Christian

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The Shadow

It is in the hot lands that the sun burns, sure enough! there the people become quite mahogany brown, aye, and in the hottest lands they are burnt to negroes. But now it was only to the hot lands that a learned man had come from the cold; there he thought that he could run about just as when at home, but he soon found out his mistake.

He, and all sensible folks, were obliged to stay within doors; the window - shutters and doors were closed the whole day; it looked as if the whole house slept, or there was no one at home.

The narrow street, with ...

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