![]() ![]() It is possible that Andersen saw himself as "a swan born in a duck's nest", that is to say, somebody of noble or royal blood who was born in humble surroundings.Īdaptations of the story include two Walt Disney Silly Symphonies, a 1931 version in black and white and a 1939 version in Technicolor which won an Academy Award. There were also rumors that the Andersen family were of aristocratic origin and that Hans Christian Andersen was the illegitimate son of King Christian VIII of Denmark. As a child, he was mocked for his big nose and large feet, as well as for his beautiful singing voice and love of theater. Hans Christian Andersen considered the story to be autobiographical. ![]() After suffering a miserable winter, in the spring, the Ugly Duyckling finds that he has grown up to be a swan himself. He fails to find happiness anywhere else but briefly becomes excited when he sees some swans flying overhead, feeling them to be the most beautiful birds he has ever seen. Due to his strange appearance, he is not accepted by the other ducks or by other animals on the farm and suffers constant verbal and physical abuse. ![]() The protagonist of the story is a bird that hatches from a large egg in a duck's nest. It was first published in 1843 in the fourth volume of Andersen's fairy tales. ![]() "The Ugly Duckling" (Danish: "Den grimme Ælling") is a short story for children by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Illustration by Theo van Hoytema from an 1893 Dutch language edition of "The Ugly Duckling". ![]()
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