The Wild Swans

fiction by Hans Christian Andersen

Blurb

"The Wild Swans" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her eleven brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen.
The tale was first published on 2 October 1838 as the first installment in Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been adapted to various media including ballet, television, and animated film.

First Published

1838

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