• "The Galoshes of Fortune" (Danish: Lykkens Kalosker) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a set of time-travelling boots...
  • No sooner had he said it than his head came free, and he dashed indoors, still bewildered by the fright that the galoshes of Fortune had given him.
  • THE GALOSHES HAD THE PROPERTY OF INSTANTLY TRANSPORTING ANY ONE WHO PUT THEM ON, TO WHATEVER PLACE, OR TIME, HE WISHED.
  • The younger was not Fortune, but lady's-maid to one of her ladies of the bed-chamber, who carry about the more trifling gifts of Fortune.
  • Thus, “The Galoshes of Fortune” teaches a valuable lesson about contentment and the dangers of wishful thinking, all wrapped up in a series of enchanting and...
  • The Galoshes of Fortune – Illustration. By Hans Christian Andersen (1838). I. A BEGINNING. It was in Copenhagen, in East Street, and in one of the...
  • The Galoshes of Fortune have the power of carrying the person who wears them instantly to any time and place they desire – but is this really a good thing?