Paul Binding,
Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire,
August 2016
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN has won lasting fame and popularity for his fairy tales, but he also wrote novels, plays, travelogues, autobiographies, and tales for an adult readership.
PAUL BINDING is a leading literary critic and writer on Scandinavian literature and culture and the author of numerous books, including Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness.
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