Book summary

わが生涯の物語――ある素描のあらすじ

著者： H・C・アンデルセン

読了8分
10 key ideas
音声は近日公開

A shoemaker's son from Odense reaches Copenhagen carrying a bundle and dreaming of a life on the stage.

無料で始めます Read key idea 1 free, no sign-in

3 months free · unlimited eBooks, audiobooks and summaries, and print and large print at cost

Nothing to pay today · お支払いの前にメールでお知らせします · オンラインで二回クリックするだけで解約できます

わが生涯の物語――ある素描の概要

要約：読むのに8 minかかります

読書時間: 約4 h 10 min3 h 20 min fast, 4 h 55 min slow
所要時間: 59,400語
ライブラリ内の難易度: 標準 longer sentences, everyday words
初版刊行年: 1847by H・C・アンデルセン

Reading time at 238 words a minute (fast 300, slow 200). 古典を読むのにかかる時間 · 更新日 22 October 2026

3か月間無料でご利用いただけます

わが生涯の物語――ある素描の要約を最後まで無料で読めます

200,000+の古典を電子書籍、オーディオブック、15分で読める要約で楽しめます。紙の本と大活字本は印刷費のみで購入できます。
ひとつのプランで、ご家庭の最大5人までご利用いただけます

無料で始めます本日のお支払いはありません。初年度は一日あたりUSD 0.14、その後は一日あたりUSD 0.27です。

わが生涯の物語――ある素描 in short

The True Story of My Life follows one boy from a single room in Odense to the courts of Europe. Andersen loses his father early, leaves for Copenhagen at fourteen and survives on the kindness of teachers, patrons and strangers. He suffers at a harsh school, then at the hands of critics and theater cliques.

What わが生涯の物語――ある素描 is about

What would you do if you left home at fourteen with a bundle of clothes and a dream no one around you understood? Hans Christian Andersen did exactly that. He walks into Copenhagen in 1819 with almost nothing in his pocket and sings in strangers' parlors.

The True Story of My Life is a sketch of that journey, written by Andersen in 1846 as a preface to his collected works.

対象読者. This book is for anyone who loves a rise from poverty told in the first person, and for readers curious about the man behind the fairy tales.

The 10 key ideas

Key idea 1 · free to read
A poor shoemaker's son grows up dreaming
Andersen calls his life a lovely story that shows a loving God directs all things for the best. He is born in Odense on April 2, 1805. His parents live in one small room with a shoemaker's bench, a bed and his cradle.
His father is the hero of these pages. He makes toys and paper theaters for the boy and reads him plays and the Arabian tales. His mother keeps the room spotless and grows vegetables in a chest of soil on the roof. That little garden blooms again in The Snow Queen.
His grandmother works at an asylum, and the old women in the spinning room reward the boy with stories. He learns fear and wonder there. At the theater he imagines whole plays from the playbill titles.
The fairy tale master was shaped by a tiny, crowded room full of love, books and odd stories.
2
Loss and puppet plays shape the dreamer
Napoleon is the father's hero, and in the war years he joins the army in hope of coming home a lieutenant.
無料で読書を始めます
3
At fourteen he sets out to become famous
After his confirmation, Andersen begs his mother to let him go to Copenhagen.
無料で読書を始めます
4
Strangers and patrons keep him afloat in Copenhagen
With almost nothing left, Andersen tries a cabinetmaker's workshop, but the jokes of the journeymen drive him out.
無料で読書を始めます
5
A cruel schoolroom nearly breaks his spirit
At last the king grants him a yearly allowance, arranged through Jonas Collin, who becomes a second father to him.
無料で読書を始めます
6
Becoming a student, an author and a target
Freed from that house, Andersen studies with a private teacher and lodges in an attic room.
無料で読書を始めます
7
Travel opens the world and his first novel
In 1831 Collin sends Andersen to northern Germany to lift his mood.
無料で読書を始めます
8
Theatre battles, a Swedish tribute and the East
Andersen longs to succeed on the stage, but the Copenhagen theater is full of cliques.
無料で読書を始めます
9
Fairy tales and Jenny Lind change his life
The tales begin in 1835, soon after The Improvisatore.
無料で読書を始めます
10
Kings, friends and a faith in the best
By the mid 1840s, doors open everywhere for Andersen.
無料で読書を始めます

Read all 10 key ideas now

3 months free, then USD 0.14 a day: unlimited eBooks, audiobooks and summaries, and print and large print at cost.

Nothing to pay today
お支払いの前にメールでお知らせします
オンラインで二回クリックするだけで解約できます

無料で始めます

The whole book is coming to your plan

The full text of わが生涯の物語――ある素描 opens soon. Keep this summary as a file today.

Tell me when the book opens

Paperback, hardcover and large print, printed for you at cost, are on their way. Email me when it is printed

『わが生涯の物語――ある素描』についての質問

What is The True Story of My Life about?

It is Andersen's own account of his life up to 1846, from his poor childhood in Odense through his struggles in Copenhagen, his first books, his travels in Europe and the growth of his fame.

Why did Andersen write his autobiography?

He wrote it as a biographical sketch for a collected edition of his works. He also says the story of his life is the best commentary on all of his writings.

Does the book cover Andersen's fairy tales?

Yes, in part. He describes how his Stories for Children began in 1835, how critics first scorned them, how Thorwaldsen loved hearing them and how he read them aloud to kings and families.

Is The True Story of My Life easy to read?

It is told in a warm, direct voice, with short scenes, lively dialogue and many anecdotes about famous people. Each chapter follows a clear stage of his life, from childhood to travel.

Who is Jenny Lind in the book?

She is the Swedish singer whom Andersen first meets coldly in 1840 and later admires deeply. He credits her with teaching him the holiness of art, and she becomes a close friend.

この版を引用します

Andersen, Hans Christian. The True Story of My Life: A Sketch. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-true-story-of-my-life-a-sketch.

Andersen, H. C. (2026). The true story of my life: A sketch. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-true-story-of-my-life-a-sketch (Original work published 1847)

Andersen, Hans Christian. The True Story of My Life: A Sketch. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-true-story-of-my-life-a-sketch.

@book{andersen2026true,
  author = {Andersen, Hans Christian},
  title = {The True Story of My Life: A Sketch},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-true-story-of-my-life-a-sketch},
  note = {First published 1847}
}