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The Flying Trunk

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Series
Andersen's Fairy Tales Picture Book Collection
ISBN
9787532617074

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Summary

The Flying Trunk is one of the classic fairy tales by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Its original Danish title is Den flyvende Kuffert, and it was first included on October 19, 1839, in the Copenhagen edition of Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. Second Booklet, one of Andersen's early representative tales (No. 24 in the Andersen fairy-tale numbering). The story tells of a young man who has squandered his inheritance and has only a few coins, a pair of slippers, and an old dressing gown left; a friend sends him a trunk to pack for a journey, and the trunk turns out to be a magic flying trunk. It carries him to Turkey and to the Sultan's daughter, who is confined in a tower. With his gift for storytelling he wins over the princess and her parents and gains her hand in marriage; but he then carelessly burns the flying trunk in the fireworks of the celebration and can never return to the princess, so he wanders the world telling those wondrous stories to everyone he meets. The story follows the flying-carpet tradition of The Arabian Nights; on the surface it is a tale of adventure and love, but beneath it is a fable about imagination, talent, and luck: the flying trunk is both the wings of imagination and a symbol of chance beyond human control. This edition is a volume in the "Andersen Fairy Tale Picture Book Collection" series, a picture-book project specially planned to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Andersen's birth; the text is adapted by Ji Ying into a narrative suitable for picture-book reading, and the illustrations are by the Japanese illustrator Koji Suzuki.

Editor's review

“安徒生童话绘本典藏”是为纪念安徒生诞辰200周年(2005年)而策划的一套大16开全彩绘本,共13册,汇集了来自丹麦、日本等地的16位插画家,《飞箱》是其中颇具异色的一本。与《丑小鸭》《卖火柴的小女孩》相比,《飞箱》并不那么“善良温情”:主人公凭借一只会飞的箱子和讲故事的本事赢得爱情,又因一只焰火的火星失去一切,安徒生对投机取巧与侥幸心理的态度温和却不含糊。日本插画家铃木康司的画风夸张、稚拙,色彩浓烈,与故事中东方异域的幻想奇趣相当契合,曾多次获得日本绘本奖、小学馆绘画奖等专业奖项。季颖的改写保留了原作骨架,同时把安徒生童话中属于成年人世界的那一层况味留给大人自己去读。这套绘本可以亲子共读,也适合作为安徒生童话的入门收藏版本,让孩子在认识故事之前先认识图画。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 5—9岁儿童,尤其是已经认识安徒生其他名篇、想读更多故事的小读者
  • 希望给孩子提供高质量插画绘本、重视审美启蒙的家长
  • 从事绘本阅读推广、儿童文学教学或图画书研究的人士
  • 喜爱外国经典童话、乐于收集不同版本与插画的成年读者

Not a good fit for

  • 期待完整、无删改安徒生原文的读者,本书为绘本改编版本
  • 偏好章节多、文字量大的长篇童话读物的中高年级读者
  • 对夸张、稚拙画风接受度较低、只喜欢写实插画的读者

Reading tips

  1. 先由图入文:和孩子一起看画面找细节,再读文字,理解飞箱为何能飞、又为何毁掉
  2. 读完后可讨论“年轻人到底靠什么赢得公主”,引导孩子分辨才华、运气与投机。
  3. 与《打火匣》《旅伴》等同系列篇目对读,比较安徒生笔下“冒险型主人公”的共同点。
  4. 成人读者可留意故事结尾:失去飞箱的人成了讲故事的人,这正是安徒生对自己身份的隐喻。

About the publisher

Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House is a specialized publisher distinguished by comprehensive, language, and subject-specific dictionaries, with deep experience in reference-book compilation. Its library contains 129 titles spanning ancient poetry, literature, history, social sciences, literary appreciation, and popular science. Representative works include large subject dictionaries such as the Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese History, the Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Literature, and the Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Literature, History, and Philosophy, alongside literary appreciation titles such as the Appreciation Dictionary of Li Bai's Poetry, the Appreciation Dictionary of Su Shi's Prose and Poetry, and the Appreciation Dictionary of Three Hundred Tang Poems, as well as volumes of the Great Dictionary of the Chinese Language. Its contributors include the Literary Appreciation Dictionary Compilation Center of Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House and scholars such as Zheng Tianting, Tan Qixiang, Qian Zhonglian, Zhang Peiheng, Fu Xuanzong, Xia Zhengnong, and Chen Zhili, reflecting a publishing character that balances dictionary compilation with literary appreciation.

FAQ

《飞箱》是安徒生哪一年发表的作品?
《飞箱》(丹麦文 Den flyvende Kuffert)于1839年10月19日在哥本哈根首次出版,收录在《给孩子们讲的故事·新编·第二册》中,是该册三篇故事中的第二篇,前一篇是《天国花园》,后一篇是《鹳鸟》。
这本绘本是完整的安徒生原文吗?
不是。本书属于“安徒生童话绘本典藏”系列,文字由季颖依据原作改写为适合图画书篇幅的叙述,配以铃木康司的插图,属于绘本改编版而非学术性全译本,适合亲子共读和图画书欣赏。
《飞箱》的故事讲了什么?
一个挥霍完家产的年轻人得到一只魔法飞箱,飞到土耳其与被幽禁塔中的公主相爱;他凭讲故事赢得公主父母的同意,却在庆祝时因焰火烧毁飞箱,再也无法回到公主身边,只得四处流浪,把自己会讲的故事讲给别人听。
这个系列一共出了多少种?
“安徒生童话绘本典藏”系列共13册,包括《丑小鸭》《打火匣》《飞箱》《皇帝的新装》《坚定的锡兵》《卖火柴的小女孩》《没有画的画册》《拇指姑娘》《豌豆上的公主》《海的女儿》《小伊达的花儿》《夜莺》《野天鹅》。

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