Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales

Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentime...

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Main Authors: Andersen, H. C. 1805-1875 (Author), Bacon, Michael, 1948- (Composer, Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Haugaard, Erik Christian (Translator), Abraham, F. Murray (Narrator), Ballerini, Edoardo, 1970- (Narrator), Calin, Marisa (Narrator), Darlow, Cynthia (Narrator), Fliakos, Ari (Narrator), Graham, Dion (Narrator), LaVoy, January (Narrator), Lim, Jennifer (Narrator), Morton, Euan, 1977- (Narrator), Petkoff, Robert (Narrator), Soler, Rebecca (Narrator), Thompson, Marc (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Danish
Published: New York, New York : Listening Library/Random House : Books on Tape, [2018]
Edition: Unabridged.
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Summary: Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentimentalize or vulgarize, translator Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text.
Item Description: Title from container.
"Translated from the Danish by Erik Christian Haugaard, ©1974."
Physical Description: 5 audio discs (5 hr., 52 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 05:52:00
Audience: Recommended for listeners of all ages.
ISBN: 9780525626015
0525626018
9780525626053
0525626050
Author Notes: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1805-75) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker. He published his first novel and his first fairy tales in 1835; thereafter he wrote over 150 more of these stories, which have become classics in many languages. A lonely man who never married, Andersen was also an anxious man; he loved travelling, but would carry a coil of rope with him in case of fire in his hotel. Although he originally addressed his fairy tales to children (and some would maintain he had a streak of childhood in his nature) he insisted they were 'for all ages', and the gentleness and humor that are their characteristics are recognized by everyone.