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    Thumbelina
    Thumbelina
    Thumbelina
    Audiobook22 minutes

    Thumbelina

    Written by Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Alex Lehman

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    About this audiobook

    A woman wanted to have a child, but not knowing how to go about it, asked a witch for help. The witch gave her a barley seed and told her to plant it. No sooner had she done so than a large tulip grew. When it opened, the woman discovered a tiny girl, no bigger than her thumb. She called her Thumbelina.

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films “The Little Mermaid” in 1989 and “Frozen”, which is loosely based on “The Snow Queen”, in 2013.

    Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSAGA Egmont
    Release dateJun 25, 2021
    ISBN9788726768732
    Thumbelina
    Author

    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen ist fast jedem noch heute bekannt als einer der größten Märchenerzähler des 19. Jahrhunderts. Sein bewegtes Leben begann am 2. April 1805 im dänischen Odense auf der Insel Fünen. Er war der Sohn eines verarmten Schuhmachers und einer Trinkerin und hatte dadurch alles andere als gute Voraussetzungen für sein künftiges Leben. Den meisten sind heute die Märchen des Hans Christian Andersen bekannt. Auch wenn Hans Christian Andersen die Märchen zunächst für Kinder schrieb, sind sie heute vor allem bei erwachsenen Lesern beliebt. Der hintergründige Humor und die oft ernste Handlung mit subtilen Untertönen finden mehr bei Älteren Anklang.

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