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Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

By: Hans Christian Andersen, Michael Bacon, Erik Christian Haugaard - translator
Narrated by: F. Murray Abraham, Edoardo Ballerini, Marisa Calin, Cynthia Darlow, Ari Fliakos, Dion Graham, January LaVoy, Jennifer Lim, Euan Morton, Robert Petkoff, Rebecca Soler, Marc Thompson
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 Brought to life by Academy Award®-winning actor F. Murray Abraham and an ensemble cast of narrators, and featuring original music by Michael Bacon, this collection contains Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved fairy tales, as well as a selection of lesser-known favorites.

Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who collected and retold folklore and fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen adopted the most ancient literary forms and distilled them into a genre that was uniquely his own. His fairy tales are remarkable for their sense of fantasy, power of description, and vivid imagination. They are like no others written before or since.

Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text in the translation from Danish to English. Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites.

Stories:

The Princess and the Pea
Thumbelina
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The Ugly Duckling
The Little Mermaid
The Little Match Girl
The Wild Swans
The Nightingale
The Snow Queen
"The Will-o'-the-Wisps are in Town," said the Bog Witch
The Rags
The Adventures of a Thistle
Luck Can Be Found in a Stick
The Days of the Week

Cast:

F. Murray Abraham
Edoardo Ballerini
Marisa Calin
Cynthia Darlow
Ari Fliakos
Dion Graham
January LaVoy
Jennifer Lim
Euan Morton
Robert Petkoff
Rebecca Soler
Marc Thompson Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Collections & Anthologies Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Literature & Fiction

Critic reviews

The Puffin Classics series is a perfect marriage of the old and the new. Enjoy some of the best books from the past and find out why and how they inspired some of the best writers of the present—Julia Eccleshare, LoveReading4Kids
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Only one very short store for the price dont by expected more ase it says stores not store

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Nice narration from F Murray Abraham
But.. I downloaded this to listen to with my 4 year old while she drifted off to sleep. I switched it off during the Ugly Duckling when the story described a pair of geese being shot dead and the lake turning red with blood. It had been uncomfortable up to that part when the story described the mother saying she would kick the duckling if she had to (to make it swim or something, can't remember) but that was a step too far. Bit grim for the age group! Not suitable at all

Uncomfortable listen (ugly duckling)

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Expecting much better no decent stories considering how many favourite ones exist. skipped some hoping the next would b better. It wasn’t

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