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A Tale Teller for Our Times

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4/5 TheRedShoes. The iconic film brought to a cinema audience one of Hans Christian Andersen 's less well-known stories. But the original tale is far more disturbing than the film showed. Why did Andersen display such a ruthlessly violent streak and what were his secret fears while writing it? Ruth Padel investigates.
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