Fantasy
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Author Hans Christian Andersen
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Story
A young boy is given a set of twenty five tin soldiers for his birthday. They have all been made from the same tin spoon but there was not quite enough metal, meaning that the last soldier has only one leg. In the nursery, he spots a beautiful paper ballerina who also stands on one leg….
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Why we chose it
A story of love between a tin soldier and a paper ballerina that, although not one of Hans Christian Andersen's best-known stories, has all the romantic, fairy tale characteristics that have made his stories so well loved over so many years.
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First published
1838