THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER
Author:
Hans Christian Andersen
First edition:
Fairy tales, Told for Children,
In short:
A little match-seller who lives on the streets tries to warm up by lighting her matches. Then she enters a fantastic world of dreams. The following morning, she is found frozen and dead.
Selection of edition:
Nouveaux Contes, (La Petite Fille aux allumettes, Le Vilain Petit Canard) illustrated by Yann Dargent, Garnier, 1875.
Fairy Tales and Stories (Little Mermaid, Little Match-seller and The Ugly Duckling), illustrated by Carl Larsson, éd. Estes, 1887.
Stories ans Fairy Tales (Little Match-seller and The Ugly Duckling), illustrated by Arthur Joseph Gaskin, 1893.
Allumette, illustrated by Tomi Ungerer, Ecole des Loisirs, 1974.
La Petite Fille aux allumettes, illustrated by Lemoine, Gallimard, 1978
Adaptations:
La petite marchande d'allumettes, film by Jean Renoir and Jean Redesco, 1928.