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Hans Christian Andersen: The Tinderbox.(Young adult review)(Book review)
From: The Horn Book Magazine
Date: 20070501
Author:Long, Joanna Rudge
Hans Christian Andersen The Tinderbox; retold by Stephen Mitchell; illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline
48 pp. Candlewick 3/07 ISBN 978-0-7636-2078-3 $17.99 (Primary, Intermediate)
What bitter dreams haunted Andersen when he penned this dark tale? He must have known the Grimms' "The Blue Light," which also features a discharged soldier who causes the death of a witch. The Grimms gave the soldier motives; Andersen offers no such justifications. His soldier, laden with gold, beheads the witch to avoid handing over the tinderbox as promised. He gives "lots of money to the poor" but ...
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