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Reviewed by Sandra Jacobey
New Straits Times
02-04-2005
Relive the magic of fairy tales
Byline: Reviewed by Sandra Jacobey
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Type: Book review

TO celebrate the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth, his most well-known and nicest fairy tales have been brought together in one book.

Fairy Tales, translated by Tiina Nunnally, not only consists of some of Andersen's stories but there is also some biographical information about the writer.
When I was little, I used to love all kinds of stories about the little girl who finds Prince Charming and lives ...

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