COMPLETE: Fairy Tales, by H.C. Andersen - CL/ge

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 6th, 2006, 2:12 pm

This book can now be downloaded from the LibriVox catalogue: http://librivox.org/andersens-fairy-tales-by-hc-andersen/

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

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Reader list last updated: 05 May, 1540GMT
Tales claimed: 18 of 18 (100%)
Tales done: 18 of 18 (100%)

DONE - kayray - 01 - The Emperor's New Clothes
DONE - Gesine - 02 - The Swineherd
DONE - thall - 03 - The Real Princess
DONE - Allamok - 04 - The Shoes of Fortune
DONE - twbeosl - 05 - The Fir Tree
DONE - sunbug - 06 - The Snow Queen
DONE - kayray - 07 - The Leap-Frog
DONE - scrappylibrarian - 08 - The Elderbush
DONE - kmcash - 09 - The Bell
DONE - ductapeguy - 10 - The Old House
DONE - Gesine - 11 - The Happy Family
DONE - dilini - 12 - The Story of a Mother
DONE - Alessia - 13 - The False Collar
DONE - nausicaa - 14 - The Shadow
DONE - Fox in the Stars - 15 - The Little Match Girl
DONE - DSayers - 16 - The Dream of Little Tuk
DONE - RobertG - 17 - The Naughty Boy
DONE - RobertG - 18 - The Red Shoes
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Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 6th, 2006, 2:15 pm

On special request from Michael, who needs lots of stories for his three small children on a 3-day car trip from Canada to Florida... let's try and do these quickly! :)

I've signed up xen for the Snow Queen because he's got it down as a solo project, but I don't know if he's still recording and if he wants to donate it. I'll keep his name there for a little while, however if someone else is dead keen on it, feel free to do it anyway!

michaelocc · Post by **michaelocc** » March 6th, 2006, 2:41 pm

I'll stick my hand up for tale 15 - The Little Match Girl - for starters. Once I've got that done, I'll see what others I can do too.

Many thanks for taking my suggestion and getting it rolling.

/m

kayray · Post by **kayray** » March 6th, 2006, 2:55 pm

oh oh the emperor's new clothes for me please!

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 6th, 2006, 3:32 pm

m/ - 15 is yours, and you're welcome. :) I'd been thinking about Andersen's fairy tales for a while myself, since we've done Grimm in German and English, and various other fairy tales and fables. Andersen's are not quite as gory as the the Grimm stories, I think.

kayray - 01 for you, thanks. Also one of my favourites - we had a great recording on vinyl with it. The narrator managed to get his voice very high to get the first child shouting "Aber er hat ja gar nichts an!" :) As a child, I always wondered how the Emperor couldn't have noticed - he must have been so cold without clothes!

kayray · Post by **kayray** » March 6th, 2006, 3:56 pm

Done :)

http://kayray.org/audiobooks/librivox/misc/fairytales_01_andersen.mp3

Wait about three minutes to download it -- should be 12.38 MB but it's not finished uploading yet :)

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 6th, 2006, 5:23 pm

Whoopee, thanks, Kara! Have another! :)

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 7th, 2006, 4:57 am

I'll take 02 - The Swineherd, it contains a bit of a German song and a lot of kissing is going on... :)

kayray · Post by **kayray** » March 7th, 2006, 9:46 am

I'd be glad to take another... the problem is that I'm unfamiliar with most of these stories, and all the ones I know (except the Emperor) make me cry. Would you choose another cheerful one for me? (If there is one...) :)

Hey shouldn't this be 1 out of 18?
"Tales done: 1 of 0 (5%) "

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 7th, 2006, 10:12 am

Thanks Kara, changed it to 18. You could read The Happy Family and The Leap-Frog - both shouldn't make you cry and have the added advantage of being very short! :) Let me know what you'd like to do.

kayray · Post by **kayray** » March 7th, 2006, 11:04 am

Ah thank you -- the Leap Frog will do nicely :)

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 7th, 2006, 11:59 am

It's yours, thanks.

RobertG · Post by **RobertG** » March 7th, 2006, 1:25 pm

May I have tales 17 & 18, please?

Robert

Gesine · Post by **Gesine** » March 7th, 2006, 1:36 pm

Hi Robert - taking a break from your mountains and from Job? :)

I have you down for 17 & 18, thank you. :)

thall · Post by **thall** » March 7th, 2006, 3:48 pm

May I do The Real Princess?