Didn’t hold my attention.
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My nanny (great-grandmother) bought me a story book of The Ugly Duckling with a twinkling in her eye when I was very young. I grew up and was like, "ahhhhhh. I get it." She knew it all along.
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I've read a few of the tales in this book as they're mixed in with other stories in the various Fairy Books by Andrew Lang, which I've been working my way through recently. I hadn't really noticed how different they are in nature compared with other fairy tales until I read this collection. They feel much more deliberate, with a lot more description and individual characters. Though Andersen's fairy tales differ from other stories falling under that name, I still enjoyed them and will read more of them (this collection only contains a few of his stories).

Finally got to finish it, yay.
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I liked Grimm's tales better.