Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen’s Fairy Tales is a collection of eighteen stories that includes such classics as "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor’s New Clothes", "Thumbelina", and "The Princess and the Pea". The first stories were new versions of stories he heard in his childhood, which he enlivened with an original style and a gift for humor and dark pathos. He created original stories for two installments of the first volume in 1835 and a third in 1837. They sold poorly at first and achieved little recognition. He published a second collection in 1938, Fairy Tales Told For Children, which included "The Tin Soldier" and "The Wild Swans". His recognition grew with the appearance in 1845 of four translations of the fairy tales and the publication of "The Little Mermaid" in the periodical Bentley’s Miscellany. A second volume was published, Wonderful Stories for Children, later followed by A Danish Story Book and Wonderful Stories for Children.
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Product Details
| Read by: | Multiple Readers |
| Length: | 5 hours 43 minutes |
| Type: | Collaborative reading |
| Media: | MP3 CD |
| Package: | DVD box |
| Item No.: | DB-1019 |
| EAN: | 0684758935885 |
| List Price: | $9.99 |
Credits
Production
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Artwork
Cover: Illustration by Harry Clarke from his first illustrated edition (1916).
DVD Inset: Photograph of Hans Christian Andersen 1869 by Thora Hallager.
DVD Insert background image: Colour plate by William Heath Robinson in Hans Andersen’s fairy tales (1913) London: Constable.
CD Label: Colour plate in Hans Andersen's fairy tales (1913) London: Constable.
The Recordings
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The Recordings
These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience.
Table of Contents
| Track | Chapter | Reader | Length |
| 01 | 01 - The Emperor's New Clothes | Bob Neufeld | 12:39 |
| 02 | 02 -The Swineherd | Bob Neufeld | 10:10 |
| 03 | 03 - The Real Princess | Bob Neufeld | 3:07 |
| 04 | 04b -The Shoes of Fortune | Kathy Wright | 38:47 |
| 05 | 04a - The Shoes of Fortune | Kathy Wright | 48:23 |
| 06 | 05 - The Fir Tree | PaulMichael1084 | 15:08 |
| 07 | 06 - The Snow Queen | Jennifer Dorr | 1:03:20 |
| 08 | 07 - The Leap-Frog | KathleenLarberg | 4:24 |
| 09 | 08 - The Elderbush | Dave Shaw | 17:36 |
| 10 | 09 - The Bell | Claudia Salto | 15:50 |
| 11 | 10 - The Old House | Paul Mazumdar | 20:34 |
| 12 | 11 - The Happy Family | PaulMichael1084 | 6:03 |
| 13 | 12 - The Story of A Mother | Claudia Salto | 16:45 |
| 14 | 13 - The False Collar | Claudia Salto | 8:09 |
| 15 | 14 - The Shadow | Schums | 28:29 |
| 16 | 15 - The Little Match Girl | Alan Weyman | 7:17 |
| 17 | 16 - The Dram of Little Tuk | Schums | 11:36 |
| 18 | 17 - The Naughty Boy | KathleenLarberg | 5:19 |
| 19 | 18 - The Red Shoes | Katalina Watt | 12:34 |
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