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The Little Mermaid and Other Stories

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan
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Magical retellings of four classic fairy tales.

"The Little Mermaid", read by Tamsin Greig: The youngest child of the Mer King lives in a beautiful underwater city. But on her first trip to the world above the ocean, she meets a handsome human Prince and falls in love....

"Rumpelstiltskin", read by Stephen Mangan: A beautiful miller's daughter is locked away by the King and told she will never see her family again unless she spins straw into gold. Then an ancient dwarf promises to help - but there is a price to pay...

"The Snow Queen", read by Stephen Mangan: Sebastian and Anna are best friends who do everything together. So when Sebastian falls into the hands of the evil Snow Queen, Anna is determined to rescue him.

"The Little Match Girl", read by Tamsin Greig: It is bitterly cold, and the Little Match Girl is walking the icy streets in bare feet, trying to sell just one box of matches so she can go home and get warm. But no-one wants to buy....

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darling

cute and a classic.its nice to see these again.thanks for having available for us .hugs

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Kiddo mood, refreshing!

I am fan of kid's audiobooks. I know this but never gets tired listening to fairy tales. Amazing narrations from the start to the end.

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Little Mermaid is the highlight

Of all the stories The Little Mermaid is the most engaging in regards to performance and story and for this story alone is deserving of five stars. Glad it came with my subscription because it is short but good bedtime story.

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Love Hans Christian Andersen's stories!

I love the stories of this gifted, Christian man. What a legacy he leaves the children and adults who enjoy these stories!

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Great for bedtime

I really liked this book, I fell asleep before the end of rumplestilskin great sleep story

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Not Andersen's Versions

The narrators were great, but the stories were abridged versions of Hans Christian Andersen's stories or they were changed entirely. I expect some differences between versions because of different translations, but the ending to the Little Mermaid is completely altered to be a happy ending. I would not be so frustrated if this was represented as someone else's interpretation of the stories, but to present these as the full-length versions of these stories as Andersen wrote them is misleading and inaccurate.

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Changed the ending?

This isn’t the original. It’s got an alternate ending that seems like a knock off of the Disney ending.

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False advertising. This is NOT the original story by Hans Christian Andersen.

This "retelling" of The Little Mermaid is completely devoid of the rich spiritual insights and symbolism found in the original story.

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NOT the original stories

These are kids versions of the original tales. For example, in this one the little mermaid doesn't sacrifice herself and gets the prince to marry her. If you are going to have a highly-edited version, say that. Don't pretend it's the original.

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Changed the Ending

The ending of The Little Mermaid was changed completely. This is not the Hans Christian Andersen story but a fan fic with an unknown author.

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