. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. ntly, suffered acutely, and produced nothing of value; thoughhe gained some influential friends, who persuaded the king to granthim a scholarship for three years, that he might prepare for theuniversity. Though he was neither a brilliant nor a docile pupil, he did notexhaust the generous patience of his friends, who in 1829 enabledhim to publish by subscription his first book, : a fantastic ara-besque, partly plagiarized and partly parodied from the Germanromanticists, but with a naivete that might have disarmed criticism. In 1831 t
. Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern. ntly, suffered acutely, and produced nothing of value; thoughhe gained some influential friends, who persuaded the king to granthim a scholarship for three years, that he might prepare for theuniversity. Though he was neither a brilliant nor a docile pupil, he did notexhaust the generous patience of his friends, who in 1829 enabledhim to publish by subscription his first book, : a fantastic ara-besque, partly plagiarized and partly parodied from the Germanromanticists, but with a naivete that might have disarmed criticism. In 1831 there followed a volume of poems, the sentimental andrather mawkish <Fantasies and Sketches,* product of a journey inJutland and of a silly love affair. This book was so harshly criti-cized that he resolved to seek a refuge and new literary inspirationin a tour to Germany; for all through his life, traveling was Ander-sens stimulus and distraction, so that he compares himself, later, to. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN cqi a pendulum <bound to go backward and forward, tic, toe, tic, toe,till the clock stops, and down I lie.** This German tour inspired his first worthy book, < Silhouettes,*with some really admirable pages of description. His success encour-aged him to attempt the drama again, where he failed once more,and betook himself for relief to Paris and Italy, with a brief stay inthe Jura Mountains, which is delightfully described in his novel, Italy had on him much the same clarifying effect that it hadon Goethe; and his next book, the novel < Improvisatore* (1835),achieved and deserved a European recognition. Within ten yearsthe book was translated into six languages. It bears the mark of itsdate in its romantic sentiments. There is indeed no firm character-drawing, here or in any of his novels; but the book still claims-attention for its exquisite descriptions of Italian life and scenery. The year 1835 saw also Andersens first essay in the * Won
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