'The Red Shoes' by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. 'The Elf Mound', 'The Jumpers', The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep' Reitzel on 7 April 1845 in in a collection of his fairy tales called ' New Fairy Tales. 'The Red Shoes' is a fairy tale by Andersen published by C.A. He then took a knife and cut up the shoes. His father said 'In that case, I might as well ruin the shoes I made as well'. When the rich lady saw the shoes she said 'They're awful, nothing but trash and you ruined my piece of fine red silk ribbon'. His father worked hard and long combining the two to make a beautiful pair of shoes.

He watched as his father looked and looked and finally found a fine piece of red leather to match the red silk ribbon. The rich women wanted a pair of dancing shoes made for her daughter using the piece of red ribbon. He was watching one day when his father received a piece of red silk ribbon from a wealthy customer. When he was very young his father was a shoemaker. Hans Christian Andersen relates the following story about how the idea for this fairy tale came about. Karen begs for mercy but the red shoes take her away before she hears the angel's reply.The Red Shoes (Danish: De røde sko), written by Hans Christian Andersen, is a fairy tale about a spoiled little girl forced to dance on and on in her new shoes. An angel appears to her, bearing a sword, and condemns her to dance even after she dies, as a warning to vain children everywhere. She can't even attend her adoptive mother's funeral. The shoes continue to dance, night and day, rain or shine, through fields and meadows, and through brambles and briers that tear at Karen's limbs. Soon after, Karen's shoes begin to move by themselves again, but this time they can't come off. A mysterious soldier appears and makes strange remarks about what beautiful dancing shoes Karen has. One day, when her adoptive mother becomes ill, Karen goes to attend a party in her red shoes. Before her adoption, Karen had a rough pair of red shoes now she has her adoptive mother buy her a pair of red shoes fit for a princess.Īfter Karen repeatedly wears them to church, they begin to move by themselves, but she is able to get them off.

The story is about a girl forced to dance continually in her red shoes.Ī peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady after her mother's death and grows up vain and spoiled.

The Red Shoes is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

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