The Fairy Tale Life of Hans Christian Anderse...

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Hans Christian Andersen was 'a very strange orchid,' says journalist Michael Booth.He was born in 1806 in Denmark.He’s still famous for so many stories that every child knows. 156 in total. His own life is almost as odd as the tales he told. A neurotic hypochondriac, he escaped a ...  Show more

This week we look at the complicated and fascinating life of the prolific Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen. Most well known for his fairy tales, in this episode we can clearly see the parallels between the tale of the Little Mermaid and the painful unrequited love in Anders ...  Show more

Unless you were raised alone in a basement (in which case you may be the subject of one), you probably grew up on fairy tales. That's appropriate because they may be humanity's greatest psychic projection screen.