BY THE ALMSHOUSE WINDOW
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
BY THE ALMSHOUSE WINDOW
by Hans Christian Andersen
NEAR the grass-covered rampart which encircles Copenhagen lies a
great red house. Balsams and other flowers greet us from the long rows
of windows in the house, whose interior is sufficiently
poverty-stricken; and poor and old are the people who inhabit it.
The buildi ...