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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Hans Christian Andersen
Born: April 2, 1805
Died: August 5, 1875 (aged 70)
Bio: Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales.
Known for:
- The Little Mermaid (1837)
- The Snow Queen (1844)
- The Ugly Duckling (1843)
- The Princess and the Pea (1835)
- The Little Match Girl (1845)
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