n ation ▁from ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁critics ▁for ▁his ▁vent ure ▁into ▁the ▁fair y ▁tale ▁genre . ▁Re views ▁for ▁the ▁collection ▁however ▁were ▁ec static , ▁she ▁notes . ▁ ▁Ny ▁Por te fe u ille ▁wrote , ▁" There ▁is ▁in ▁these ▁tales ▁so ▁much ▁beauty ▁and ▁good ness , ▁so ▁much ▁hum our ▁and ▁serious ness , ▁so ▁much ▁poetry ▁and ▁depth , ▁that ▁even ▁the ▁most ▁dispar ate ▁readers ▁will ▁by ▁necessity ▁find ▁something ▁of ▁interest ▁to ▁them ." ▁Anders en ▁wrote ▁his ▁conf id ante ▁Henri ette ▁W ul ff , ▁" Th ese ▁tales ▁have ▁been ▁received ▁with ▁un anim ous ▁app la use . ▁None ▁of ▁my ▁other ▁books ▁have ▁had ▁such ▁a ▁success ▁here ▁at ▁home , ▁every ▁paper ▁comm ends ▁them , ▁everyone ▁reads ▁them ▁[...] ▁I ▁am ▁appreciated ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁fair y - t ale ▁tell er ." ▁ ▁Anders en ▁scholar ▁and ▁bi ograph er ▁Jack ie ▁W ull sch l ager ▁views ▁" The ▁S weet he arts " ▁as ▁" a ▁spare , ▁sar cast ic ▁little ▁tale ". ▁Like ▁other ▁Anders en ▁tales , ▁its ▁" tri umph ant ▁conclusion ▁is ▁offset ▁by ▁a ▁path os ▁of ▁tone ." ▁Un like ▁the ▁traditional ▁happ ily - ever - after ▁marriage ▁finales ▁of ▁fair y ▁tales , ▁W ull sch l ager ▁notes , ▁" The ▁S weet he arts " ▁ends ▁with ▁the ▁Top ▁( like ▁his ▁cre ator ) ▁going ▁through ▁life ▁alone . ▁▁ ▁Pub