![]() ![]() ![]() But the following Sunday, Karen is unable to resist putting the red shoes on again. Karen is so enamoured of her new shoes that she wears them to church, but the old lady tells her, "This is highly improper: you must only wear black shoes in church". ![]() Before her adoption, Karen had a roughly-made pair of red shoes after, she has her adoptive mother buy her a pair of red shoes fit for a princess. "The Red Shoes" has seen adaptations in various media including film.Ī peasant girl named Karen is adopted while still very young, by a rich old lady after her mother's death and, as such, grows up vain and spoiled. The story is about a girl forced to dance continually in her red shoes. 1850.) and again on 30 March 1863 as a part of Fairy Tales and Stories. The tale was republished 18 December 1849 as a part of Fairy Tales. ![]() Other tales in the volume include "The Elf Mound" ( Elverhøi), "The Jumpers" ( Springfyrene), "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" ( Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren), and "Holger Danske" ( Holger Danske). Reitzel in Copenhagen 7 April 1845 in New Fairy Tales. " The Red Shoes" ( Danish: De røde sko) is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen first published by C.A. ![]()
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