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Thumbelina and Other Stories

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: Jenny Cullen
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Thumbelina was first published in Danish in 1835 as Tommelise in the second instalment of Fairy Tales Told for Children by Hans Christian Andersen.

A woman, desperate for a daughter, goes to a fairy for help. The fairy gives her a barleycorn to plant, which grows into a tulip from which a tiny girl, scarcely half as long as a thumb, is born. Thumbelina soon attracts the attention of a Toad who wants the beautiful little girl as a bride for her son.

This collection also includes In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea, The Tinderbox and The Swan’s Nest.

©public domain (P)2024 Winooski Tyne Classics
Anthologies & Short Stories Collections & Anthologies Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Literature & Fiction
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