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The Little Mermaid

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The Little Mermaid

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: George Irving
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In this fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a young mermaid saves the life of a prince. She falls in love with him and undergoes many trials. Finally, she achieves salvation as she was prepared to give up her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul.

Public Domain (P)2018 Museum Audiobooks
Classics Dragons & Mythical Creatures European Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fantasy Fantasy & Magic Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy
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An incredible and timeless story read in a very lovely manner. The narrator has a distinguished, classy voice that is gentle on the ears. Highly recommended.

Enunciation was perfect.

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the narrator submerged me in the quiet love of a different species that can't be spoken at loud because is a sin that a lot of times end in tragedy.


loved it.

sacrifice for love

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The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson was written and told as a gentle reminder of true love, sacrifice and hope. The imagery captivated my mind and touched my emotions. A romance “novel” of time past yet exists somewhere today.

This story

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I love this short and powerful tale, good deeds are the way to the Father! we must not be tempted by evil powers, and though we are saved by grace, the spirits of the air and all things are benefited by our obedience

a great tale

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It's lovely. The narrator is good, easy to understand and soothing voice that matches the passion and sadness of the story

Wonderful

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The story was great, but the narrator was a bit monotone; didn't do voices for different characters

Monotone

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I really enjoyed this audiobook. The Narrarator did a wonderful job bringing the right tone and speaking clearly.

Lovely

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I forget how lyrical Andersen's tale is, a beautifully told, deeply sad tale. The language draws images in the mind so much more magical to me than the brash Disney interpretation. No wonder it became a classic. The reading is pleasingly straight forward and sincere, the way reading aloud should be for such a story.

A good reading of the orginal poignant tale

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I like the little mermaid, and I am like the little mermaid. The patriarchy is the system that dictates that women's only path to socioeconomic status and security is through the gauntlet of blows delivered by men's secret societies.

In nature, human females have intrinsic socioeconomic status while the status of individual human males rises and falls according primarily to women's public opinions. The feminine form follows the function of a politician, while the masculine form follows the function of an executive officer. The feminine are gifted strategic planners, while the masculine are gifted tactical planners. The feminine are territorial, which is good for geographically bounded political problem solving. The masculine are gregarious and team oriented, which is good for goal oriented project planning and execution.

I love this narration!

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I really enjoyed this story it was so sad but beautiful hopefully young girls read this.

This was short and really sad

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