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ARCHIVE: Fairy tale rise from poverty to fame; Chief Feature Writer Paul Groves looks at how the Danes are celebrating the life and work of Hans Christian Andersen 200 years on from his birth.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20050409
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Byline: Paul Groves

It could almost form the basics of one of his own plots, or at the very least an inspiration for one of his books.

Hans Christian Andersen remains something of a global phenomenon long after his death and his many books continue to be passed down from generation to generation as a staple of bed-time reading.

But things could have been very different for the young Hans, born in Odense, 93 miles west of the Danish capital Copenhagen, in 180.

The son of a poor shoemaker and a nearly illiterate mother who worked as a washerwoman, he left home in ...

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