"The Garden of Paradise" ( da, Paradisets Have) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen first published by C. A. Reitzel in

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on 19 October 1839 with " The Flying Trunk" and "

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" in '' Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. Second Booklet'' (''Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Andet Hefte''). King Max read and liked the tale. Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager considers the story and its two companion pieces in the booklet as "grim". "The Garden of Paradise" ends with Death approaching a young prince and warning him to expiate his sins for, one day, he will come for him and "clap him in the black coffin".Wullschlager 194

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"Paradisets Have"
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English translation by

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1839 short stories Danish fairy tales Short stories by Hans Christian Andersen {{story-stub