The author of "The Little Match Girl" is the world-famous fairy tale writer Andersen. Andersen's full name is Hans Christian Andersen. He is a Danish native. He was born in a poor shoemaker's family, so his childhood life was very miserable. However, he has loved literature and art since he was a child. In order to pursue art, Andersen, who was only fourteen years old, went from his hometown to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, alone. After unremitting efforts, the twenty-two-year-old Andersen finally proved his talent with the poem "Alfsol".
Introduction to "The Little Match Girl"
It tells the tragic fate of a little girl who sells matches on Christmas Eve. Because she didn't sell a match, the little girl didn't eat for a day. She was cold and hungry. She lit the first match and saw a warm stove. She lit the second match and saw the fragrant roast goose. She lit the third match and saw a beautiful Christmas tree. ; She lit the fourth match and saw her long-lost grandmother.
She was afraid that if the match went out, her grandmother would disappear like the stove, the roast goose, and the Christmas tree, so she polished a whole handful of matches, hoping to keep her grandmother by her side. In the end, the little girl died with a smile on her lips. No one knew the beautiful scene she saw in her last moments of life.