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Thumbelina

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: Eleanor Buchan
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Summary

This is a story from the Thumbelina and Other Fairy Tales collection.

This delightful selection is by one of the classic masters of the genre, presented in lively Naxos AudioBooks style with music and sound effects.

This recording is also unique in that the story is read by the finalists of the Naxos AudioBooks/The Times Voice of the Year competition, which offered a recording opportunity to talented reader who had never studied or worked professionally. The competition produced some outstanding natural talent as this recording shows!
©2005 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd. (P)2005 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.
Classics Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fiction Fantasy
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Danish master of storytelling Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale of Thumbelina, the tiny girl grown from a magical barleycorn, is given a wondrous performance. The narration by Eleanor Buchan is as sweet and delicate as the title character, and the production is further enhanced with music and sound effects. Listeners can’t help but be enchanted by her search for love, avoiding the amorous overtures of toads, moles, chockchafers, and field mice, before flying on the back of a swallow to where she meets and falls in love with a flower-fairy prince of equal size and heart. This selection is from the Thumbelina and Other Fairy Tales collection.

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How wonderful

To relive my childhood in 30 mins was quite simply the best feeling ever.
Hans Christian Anderson read in the most beautiful way.

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