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About a decade ago I was at a museum in Odense, Denmark. I vaguely remember a comical story about him and Charles Dickens. In that Andersen would regularly visi
by coneonthefloor 1y ago
About a decade ago I was at a museum in Odense, Denmark. I vaguely remember a comical story about him and Charles Dickens. In that Andersen would regularly visit Dickens and stay with him and his family. The gist was that Dickens found this to be quite irritating, as he was not enthused by Andersen's company, finding him to be much too emotional and having "strange" Danish customs.
- 615341652341 1y agoCurious what a strange Danish custom entails
- lifestyleguru 1y agoHe was talking in his sleep in a weird dialect of Swedish.
- coneonthefloor 1y ago> he requested one of Dickens' sons to shave him on a daily basis — a custom performed by hosts to male guests in Denmark. https://www.grunge.com/617197/the-truth-about-hans-christian-andersen-and-charles-dickens-friendship/ https://www.grunge.com/617197/the-truth-about-hans-christian...