H.C. Andersen centret

Rumer Godden: Because they form the diction and metaphor of the grown man, the stories which are read and enjoyed by children are self-perpetuating. Not only Mother Goose and Santa Claus, but all the characters which people pofounder work that's still accessible to children [...] Perrault, La Fontaine, Lewis Carroll, and Hans Christian Andersen - all these are as immortal as any literary persons can be. pp. 6-8 and 32, The Saturday Review, December 25, 1954.

(Bibliografisk kilde: HCAH)