Lucky Bell is the longest work of Andersen in his later years, with more than 70,000 words. It is based on the author's own life experience, but it is not entirely an autobiography. Mainly describes the protagonist Belle living in a poor family. His father is a storekeeper and his mother is a laundryman. Belle is also studying in a shabby private school. But through tenacious struggle and firm perseverance, Belle successfully realized her dream of becoming a singer.
About the author:
Hans christian andersen (1805- 1875), a famous Danish fairy tale writer in the 9th century, is not only one of the representatives of fairy tales in world literature, but also a devout Christian, and is known as "the sun of children's literature in the world". He was born in a poor shoemaker's family in odense and had a poor childhood. My father is a shoemaker and my mother is a servant. I studied in a charity school and was an apprentice in my early years. Influenced by his father and folk oral literature, he loved literature since childhood. Andersen's literary career began with 1822 writing plays. After entering the university, the creation has become increasingly mature. He has published travel notes, musical comedies, poetry collections and poetic dramas. The novel Impromptu Poet published by 1833 has won him an international reputation and is his masterpiece of adult literature. His most famous fairy tales include Little Tin Soldier, Daughter of the Sea, Thumbelina, Little Match Girl, Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes and so on. Andersen was treated by the royal family before his death and was highly praised: he brought joy to a generation of children all over Europe. His work Andersen's Fairy Tales has been translated into 150 languages, and thousands of fairy tale books have been distributed and published all over the world.