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The Little Mermaid and Other Stories

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan
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Publisher's Summary

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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Heavily modified versions

Very heavily modified versions of the stories, the ending is nothing like Andersen, especially in Little Mermaid.

Good narration, but terrible edition of the tales to read.

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Not true Hans Christian Andersen

I was disappointed to hear that the stories have been changed. These are not the true Hans Christian Andersen tales. They have their "Disney" endings.

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Not hans christian Andersen

Not the original Hans Christian Andersen stories. You should list the actual author of these stories. Otherwise good narration.

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R rated

The only thing good about this book was the narrator. I kept hoping that somebody would have morals, but there’s not one single character to like. Please don’t waste your time.

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kids enjoyed

about 10 minutes per story, great for bedtime stories for young kids, usually asleep after one story

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Lovely and sad short stories.

I love the performances of Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig. The little match girl is such a sad story.

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I just loved them

I just love good old fairytales they are just lovely. could read them over and over

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it was super good 👌

the last story was sad but good I liked all of them 😁 i recommend this for little kids 😊

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The little mermaid and other stories

The little mermaid and other stories is a great book because it doesn’t have just one story but lots.My favourite story in the book was the little mermaid.Even though I’m nearly 10 I still loved the book.

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Lovely

These are delightful stories by Hans Christian Anderson. They are well read and most enjoyable.

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