Editing Hans Christian Andersen (section)

===Travelogues===
[[File:Hans Christian Andersen 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of Andersen by [[Franz Hanfstaengl]], dated July 1860]]

In 1851, Andersen published ''In Sweden'', a volume of travel sketches. The publication received wide acclaim. A keen traveler, he published several other long [[travel literature|travelogues]]: ''Shadow Pictures of a Journey to the Harz, Swiss Saxony, etc. etc. in the Summer of 1831'', ''A Poet's Bazaar'', ''In Spain'', and ''A Visit to Portugal in 1866''. (The last one describes his visit with his Portuguese friends Jorge and José O'Neill, whom Andersen knew in the mid-1820s while he was living in Copenhagen.) In his travelogues, Andersen used contemporary conventions related to travel writing but developed the style to make it his own. Each of Andersen's travelogues combines documentary and descriptive accounts of his experiences, adding additional philosophical passages on topics such as authorship, immortality, and fiction in literary travel reports. Some of the travelogues, such as ''In Sweden'', contain fairy tales.

In the 1840s, Andersen's attention returned to the theatre stage, but with little success. He had better luck with the publication of the ''Picture-Book without Pictures'' (1840). Andersen started a second series of fairy tales in 1838 and a third series in 1845. At this point, he was celebrated throughout Europe, although Andersen's native Denmark still showed some resistance to his pretensions.

Between 1845 and 1864, Andersen lived at [[Nyhavn 67]], Copenhagen, where a memorial plaque is now placed.<ref name="Official Tourism Site of Copenhagen">{{cite web |title=In the footsteps of Andersen |url=http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/content/press/press_information/hans_christian_andersen/in_the_footsteps_of_andersen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725103354/http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/content/press/press_information/hans_christian_andersen/in_the_footsteps_of_andersen |archive-date=25 July 2008 |access-date=2 April 2010 |website=Visitcopenhagen.com }}</ref>

Patrons of Andersen's writings included the [[monarchy of Denmark]], the [[House of Glücksburg#Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]]. An unexpected invitation from [[Christian IX of Denmark|King Christian IX]] to the royal palace entrenched Andersen's folklore in Danish royalty as well as making its way to the Romanov dynasty when Christian IX's daughter [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Maria Feodorovna]] married [[Alexander III of Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Кудряшов |first=Константин |date=25 November 2017 |title=Дагмар – принцесса на русской горошине. Как Андерсен вошёл у нас в моду |url=https://aif.ru/society/history/dagmar_princessa_na_russkoy_goroshine_kak_andersen_voshyol_u_nas_v_modu |access-date=20 December 2020 |website=aif.ru |language=ru}}</ref>