LITTLE MERMAID



Author:


Hans Christian Andersen

First edition:


Fairy Tales, Told for Children, 1836.

Main illustrators:


Bertall Browne Carrier Claveloux Ivanovsky Ivers Kliros Laimgruber Larsson Mignon Mussino Nielsen Pedersen Zwerger


In short:


A little sea princess falls in love with a human. She longs for changing her mermaid tale for human legs and be able to live with him.


Selection of edition:


Fairy Tales and Stories (Little Mermaid, Little Match-seller, The Ugly Duckling), illustrated by de Carl Larsson, éd. Estes, 1887.
Fairy Tales (Little Mermaid, Thumbeling, The Ugly Duckling), illustrated by Gordon Browne, Wells Gardner, 1902.
H.C. Andersen, Fiabe (Thumbeling), illustrated by Mussino.
H.C. Andersen, Fairy Tales, (Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling), illustrated by Kay Nielsen, Doran, 1924.
Les Contes d'Andersen, illustrated by Trnka, Gründ, 1969.
The Little Mermaid, illustrated by Rachel Isadora, Putnam 1998
La Petite Sirène et autres contes, illustrated by Marie Cartrain, 17 ill., Hachette, collection "Vermeille", 1973, 18,4/25,5, 126 p.
La Petite Sirène, illustrated by Nicole Claveloux, Editions des Femmes, 1980.
La Petite Sirène, illustrated by Elisabeth Ivanovsky, 19 ill., Casterman, collection "L'Age d'Or", 1981.
La Petite Sirène, illustrated by Monika Laimgruber, 19 ill., translated by D. Soldi, Albin Michel, 1985.
Contes, illustrated by L. Zwerger, Casterman, 1991.
La Petite Sirène et autres contes, illustrated by Philippe Mignon, Gallimard, 1992.
La Petite Sirène, illustrated by Mette Ivers, Hachette jeunesse, 1993.


Adaptations:


A film produced by Walt Disney in 1989.