THE LITTLE MERMAID by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Hans Christian Anderson's "the Little Mermaid" was the inspiration for the Disney Movie, which is markedly different from Anderson's version. Disney's version creates many more characters and adds funny moments, then gives it the fairy tale wedding ending in which the little mermaid gets her man and all is right with the world. Hans Christian Anderson's tale is more adult oriented, and has a little more violence, although the spoken version here isn't anywhere near as scary for young ones as the movie.. Anderson's story is wonderfully written and stands alone as a masterpiece in fantasy which I think you will all enjoy on its own merit. . Music Credits :Melody of My Dreams" by Whitesand DOWNLOAD LINK: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ai9e0g97tpq... ◉ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martynlaur ◉ Twitter: https://goo.gl/otEqJC ◉ Instagram: https://goo.gl/JN3LUb (@martynas_lau) ◉ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/martynaslau SUPPORT OUR SHOW MONTHLY AT PATREON Become an Assistant Producer at 1001 Stories Network ( a great resume enhancement) and support us at Patreon today! Here;s the link: https://www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork\ YOUR REVIEWS AT APPLE/ITUNES ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! Catch 1001 HEROES now at Apple iTunes Podcast App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622?mt=2 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901?mt=2 ANDROID USERS- CATCH OUR SHOWS AT WWW.CASTBOX.FM SUBSCRIBE FREE THEN SHARE THANK YOU 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id381734?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1114843?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Links: Our Twitter: @1001podcast Our Facebook: www.Facebook.com/1001Heroes Our Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Yeah, Hans Christian Anderson, born in Denmark in 1805, practically invented the writing of the adventure
0:35.3	fairy tale or Fantastic Tale.
0:39.2	Although he wrote a broad range of work, including plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, it was his fairy tales
0:46.7	that became culturally iconic in the Western world. His tales transcend age barriers,
0:52.4	national and cultural boundaries,
0:54.8	and have been translated into more than 125 languages.
0:58.8	We're planning on doing more Hans Christian Anderson stories
1:01.9	here at 1001 Classic Short Stories for the simple reason that these
1:06.2	are great stories that all ages can enjoy.
1:10.0	Look for the poignant story, The Little Match Girl, as we get closer to Christmas.
1:15.2	In 1847, on his first visit to Britain, Anderson met Charles Dickens.
1:20.8	Anderson wrote in his diary,
1:21.8	We have come to the veranda.
1:23.5	I was so happy to see and speak to England's now living writer,
1:27.0	whom I love the most.
1:29.0	Both authors focused on the poor and underprivileged
1:32.0	tales of transcendence to a better life through hard work, guts, and good fortune. Anderson's stories laid the groundwork for other children's classics such as The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham and
1:44.5	Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne. It's as if Anderson was a preordained Disney writer
1:50.6	with his pension for making inanimate objects like toys come to life and have
1:56.2	adventures appealing to people of all ages.
2:00.2	Anderson died on August 4, 1875 in Copenhagen, having never fully recovered from an injury he sustained after falling out of his bed two years earlier.
2:10.0	And now, the real story, the little mermaid from the creative mind of Hans Christian Anderson.
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