What One Can Invent is a 1869 short story by Danish scribbler Hans Christian Andersen. - AsNotedIn
THERE was once a young man who was studying to be a poet. He wanted to become one by Easter, and to marry, and to live by poetry. To write poems, he knew, only consists in being able to invent something; but he could not invent anything. He had been born too late – everything had been taken up before he came into the world, and everything had been written and told about....She put a great potato into his hand. Sounds came from within it; there came a song with words,
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1869/07/00 | Hans Christian Andersen | Author | "What One Can Invent" is published. |
| Particulars for What One Can Invent (short story): | |||
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| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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