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    The Little Mermaid
    The Little Mermaid
    The Little Mermaid
    Audiobook52 minutes

    The Little Mermaid

    Written by Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Jacqueline Ainsworth

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    ‘The Little Mermaid’ as adapted by Hans Christian Andersen, is a long tale with a complex plot which was first published in 1836. It tells the story of a young mermaid who ascends to the surface on her fifteenth birthday, as is the custom. She happens upon a ship in the throes of a storm, and saves the life of a prince who was about to drown. She falls in love with him, vows to find him again and to love him forever. There are, however, different rules and fates that separate mermaids from people, and the little mermaid undergoes many trials because of the choice she made.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWoodkeep Audio
    Release dateFeb 3, 2020
    ISBN9781518910982
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    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. He endured a lonely, impoverished childhood consoled by little more than his own imagination. He escaped to a theatre life in Copenhagen aged 14 where the support of a powerful patron enabled him to complete his scant education, and to write. His poetry, novels and travel books became hugely popular. But it was his Fairy Tales, the first children's stories of their kind, published in instalments from 1835 until the time of his death in 1875, that have immortalised him. Translated into more than 100 languages and adapted to every kind of media, they have made Andersen the most important children's writer in history.

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    • 3/5
      Beautifully written story. Curiously more metaphysical than I remember from childhood, and far more tragic than the Little Mermaid Disney version which is the main one I recall.
    • 5/5
      I did not know of the little mermaid being turned into a creature of the air. Lovely..poignant!