Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Audio Book by Hans Christian Andersen

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Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Series: Myths & Tales, Fairy Tales
Genre: Audio Books
Tags: Ages 12 & Up, Ages 3-5, Ages 5-8, Ages 8-12, Classics
ASIN: B003MBLURQ

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", and many more.

About the Book

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote.

Andersen’s popularity is not limited to children; his stories called eventyr, or “fantastic tales” express themes that transcend age and nationality.

During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and was feted by royalty.

Han Christian Andersen’s fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.

If you like this book, then you may enjoy these classics as well.

Learning Through Literature also recommends Hans Christian Andersen’s Complete Fairy Tales

About the Author

About Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen’s popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in Danish or “fairy-tales” in English, express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen’s fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West’s collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Nightingale”, “The Snow Queen”, “The Ugly Duckling”, and many more. His stories have inspired ballets, both animated and live-action films, and plays. (Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

My mother never read these to me when I was little. So all I knew was the Disney version. Now an adult, I have been studying all sorts of fables on my own – Charles Perrault, the Grimm Brothers and Aesop. Having read all of them, I must say that Hans Christian Anderson beats them all in spades. “The Little Mermaid” and the other classics are so much better in writing than they are on screen, as is so often the case. – Amy Michelle M.

A collection of classic folk and fairy tales. There are many different stories in this collection. They range from dark and creepy to light and humorous. Most of them have lessons that we can take to heart and keep with us throughout our lives. – Willow S.

I did a search for the highest-rated collections of Andersen fairy tales on Amazon, and then checked them all out from my local library. Even though this Reader’s Digest collection didn’t show up in my Amazon list, I also checked it out. And I like it MUCH better than the others – T. Madison

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