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Aug 2, 2018 · English Short Stories for Children – The Little Match Girl. She stared at the fire and started dreaming. She was sitting in front of a big stove in a beautiful room, she had a warm sweater, furry boots on her feet, and a beanie on her head. It was so hot she began to sweat, but suddenly the match went out.
The Little Match Girl story, or The Little Match-Seller, is a touching fairy tale that was written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen in the 1800s. It is a timeless story that has touched people’s hearts for decades. The Little Match Girl book follows the story of a young girl as she struggles to survive on a bitterly cold New Year’s Eve.
Feb 13, 2023 · The little match girl is a very famous fairy tale published in 1845 by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. Originally published in Danish, it is called as Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne. The story goes on about a shivering barefoot girl on new year’s eve trying to sell matches and about her hopes and dreams.
Summary. Analysis. On a cold and snowy New Year’s Eve, a little girl walks the city streets barefoot and without a hat. Earlier in the day, the girl lost her slippers (which were too big for her) when she ran across the street to avoid two carriages that were going “awfully fast.”. She couldn’t find one slipper, and the other was taken ...
The Little Match Girl - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document is a short story titled "The Little Match Girl" about a young impoverished girl trying to sell matches on New Year's Eve. As it gets darker and colder, she lights matches to keep warm, each creating a visionary scene - a warm stove ...
The Little Match Girl. On the last evening of the year it was freezing cold, it was snowing and it was already almost completely dark. Through the twilight a poor little hungry girl walked. She wore no hat and her bare feet were blue with cold. She had left home on her mother’s slippers, but she had lost one, and a bully had taken the other one.
Christianity was central to the culture of 19th century Denmark (Andersen’s native country), and “The Little Match Girl” reflects this in its depiction of death as being beneficial and good: a means of transcending earthly life, reuniting with deceased loved ones, and connecting with God. By portraying death as a more positive outcome ...
