Odenzhai is a closed town, where people firmly believe in God, witches and all mysterious legends. Such a growing environment made his childhood full of fantastic myths.
When he was six years old, he imagined himself to be an aristocrat, and Sarah, a girl at school, was a princess in a fairy tale. He told Sarah that he would take her to his castle when he grew up.
Apart from imagination, Andersen is a lonely child who seldom plays with his peers. He often hides at home and listens to his father tell him the story of Arabian Nights. Sometimes, he makes his own clothes for the dolls and lets them perform on the stage. Later, he was intoxicated by Shakespeare's plays and began to want to create his own.
He once said: "When I become great, I must praise Auden Village. Who knows, will I become a miracle of this noble city? At that time, in some geography books, there would be a line under Odenzhai's name: a lanky Danish poet Andersen was born here. "
Andersen wanted to be an actor, poet and playwright, but disappointments followed, which dampened his dream.
Andersen is ugly, tall and thin, with dark skin, so he always has a deep sense of inferiority, especially in front of women. At first, he had a lover named Lieberg vogt. Andersen described the girl as "a lovely and pious face, quite childish, but judging from her eyes, she is very smart and thoughtful." Those eyes are brown and very vivid. "
Andersen was unmarried all his life. When he died, people found a leather bag around his neck, which contained a letter from Lieberg vogt.
Andersen lived a lonely and sensitive life. He is very insecure and has been suffering from various phobias. Because he is afraid of fire, he always takes a rope so that he can escape from the hotel quickly in case of fire.
He also thought that he would fall into a coma and be buried when he was alive. So, he made his friend swear that when he was completely dead, he must put it in the coffin.
When you are old, you will feel sleepy if you write for a long time. He buried him alive for fear that others might mistake him for dead. He always keeps a note in his pocket and hat that says, "If you find me unconscious, don't think I'm dead without a doctor's examination."
When traveling abroad, every night before going to bed, Andersen would put a note on the bedside to remind others that he had just fallen asleep. "Andersen, there is a head that looks like a dead man-it's not dead."
1875 died of liver cancer on August 4, at the age of 70.
Andersen wrote countless fairy tales, and those sad stories flowed from the pen of such a lonely old man, which made people feel the bitterness of life.