Author: | Hans Christian Andersen | ISBN: | 9781974995417 |
Publisher: | Dreamscape Media | Publication: | October 3, 2017 |
Imprint: | Dreamscape Media | Language: | English |
Author: | Hans Christian Andersen |
ISBN: | 9781974995417 |
Publisher: | Dreamscape Media |
Publication: | October 3, 2017 |
Imprint: | Dreamscape Media |
Language: | English |
In The Shoes of Fortune a series of people who are dissatisfied with their lives, put on a pair of magic shoes that grants them the wishes. A civil servant who idealizes the middle ages, experiences all its inconveniences; a watchman lives the lonely life of his superior and endures a terrifying visit to the moon. The shoes pass from owner to owner until one exhausted wearer who wishes for rest and spiritual freedom, dies. Andersen concludes with a quote by Solon: Call no man happy until he rests in his grave.
In The Shoes of Fortune a series of people who are dissatisfied with their lives, put on a pair of magic shoes that grants them the wishes. A civil servant who idealizes the middle ages, experiences all its inconveniences; a watchman lives the lonely life of his superior and endures a terrifying visit to the moon. The shoes pass from owner to owner until one exhausted wearer who wishes for rest and spiritual freedom, dies. Andersen concludes with a quote by Solon: Call no man happy until he rests in his grave.