19世纪 ,在欧洲是个大作家、大诗人辈出的时代 ,众多的大部头小说、长诗、戏剧在各国风行 ,而安徒生却以一些短篇童话列欧洲大作家之林。他的童话同那些长篇巨制的经典名著并驾齐驱。这些童话使他的祖国丹麦 ,使丹麦文学和安徒生自己 ,在欧洲文学史乃至世界文学史上都占有一席 In the 19th century, Europe was a big writer. In the days of the great poets, numerous large novels, poems and plays were popular in many countries. However, Andersen wrote some short fairy tales to European writers. His fairy tales go hand-in-hand with those long classic masterpieces. These fairy tales made Denmark his native country, making Danish literature and Andersen himself a place in the history of European literature and even in the history of world literature