Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales

By Hans Christian Andersen

Subjects: Short stories, Translations into English, Fairy tales, Children's stories, Danish

Description: 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. Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast.