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The Life of Hans Christian Andersen
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restless, light, fame, writing, experiencing, peace, journeys, Odense, meek, journey, mold, fear, recognition, bog, reality, steam, Christian, Europe, social, insatiable
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artistically, socially, and culturally, Hans Christian Andersen was a         -breaker
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"The Fairy Tale of My Life", autobiography
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described himself as a       -plant which had its roots deeply anchored in mire and mud
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but which reached up and stretched for the            and the sun
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born in              in 1805
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moved from being a poor, working-class boy to being a famous author
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became quite famous but never felt         
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imagination,                    faith
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portrays opposites
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his work innovations of genre
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just as his              life contained considerable breakings of existing molds
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fell in love with many women
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poor most of his love into his               
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never able to find inner rest in outer               
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highly enthusiastic about modern technology
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           engine
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electromagnetism
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telegraphy
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traveled in a              that was becoming modern
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wrote with both delight and         
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"to travel is to live"
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not only referring to outer                 
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but traveling as a form of existence in life, always moving forward, changing,                         
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a                  person, a searching artist who did not settle down or create one home for himself
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many homes
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home was the artistic universe and the                itself
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he traveled all over Europe time and time again
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something that is reflected in his novels, travel accounts, and fairy tales
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He visited counts, kings and artists, locations and landscapes, because he was full of an                      thirst for experiences, often falling in love with unattainable women, and a restless longing for the inner balance he probably found in his art, but never wholly in his life
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he wished to be acknowledged like a bog-plant who stretched up towards the light
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and throughout his life he did rise up from his          beginnings and became famous and admired, even wealthy
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yet he never managed to feel that he had gained complete                        and fame
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but he never felt he had arrived at the point where he could feel at           

Ideas and Concepts:

On restlessness, via tonight's Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen class: "When Hans Christian Andersen wrote that to travel is to live, he was not only referring to outer journeys but traveling as a form of existence in life:always moving forward, changing, and experiencing. He was a restless person, a searching artist who did not settle down or create one home for himself, he had many homes, as home was for him the artistic universe and the journey itself. He traveled all over Europe time and time again, something that is reflected in his novels, travel accounts, and fairy tales. He visited counts, kings, and artists, and countless locations and landscapes because he was full of an insatiable thirst for experiences. Known for falling in love with unattainable women, he had a restless longing for the inner balance he probably found in his art, but never wholly in his life. He wished to be acknowledged like a bog-plant who was continually stretching up towards the light, and throughout his life he did rise up from his meager beginnings to become famous, admired, and even wealthy, yet he never managed to feel that he had gained complete recognition and fame, he never felt he had arrived at the point where he could feel at peace."
The Life of Hans Christian Andersen