Hans Christian Andersen Story Discovered
Experts in Denmark believe they have found the first story written by Hans Christian Andersen, whom most of you know as the author of “The Little Mermaid.” (Yeah, it existed way before Disney put her in a seashell bra.) “The Tallow Candle” was discovered by local historian Esben Brage in the dense private archives of the Plum family, revealed Danish paper Politiken, which printed the story in its entirety today. Brage was in the reading room at the National Archive for Funen in Odense when he stumbled across a small, yellowing piece of paper at the bottom of a box and realised it might be important. Two months later, experts have now confirmed that the story was written by Andersen.
