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In Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind, Hans Christian Andersen offers one of his most mature and quietly devastating tales—a reflective allegory about love, art, and the cost of mistaking appearance for substance.

"It's so bitterly cold that my whole body crackles!" said the Snow Man. "This wind can really blow life into you! And how that glaring thing up there glares at me!" He meant the sun; it was just setting. "She won't make me blink; I'll hold onto the pieces."

Actress Glenn Close narrates this story, accompanied by original music by Mark Isham. The Emperor and his court in ancient China discover a little grey bird with an enchanting song. But when the Emperor is presented with a jewel-encrusted, artificial singing bird, he banishes the nightingale from his court. Years later, he realizes that the song of the real nightingale is the true treasure.

In this parable about the transience of earthly things, a mysterious bell is heard by the inhabitants of a village. They search the forest but are unable to find the source. When a prince and a child eventually discover it, they realize that it is as mysterious and old as nature itself.

The Snow Queen is one of Andersen's most affecting stories. Little Kay is enticed away from his home by the Snow Queen who traps him in her palace in the cold far north. His loyal friend Gerda goes on a long and dangerous journey, overcoming many obstacles to rescue him. With this classic children's story are other entertaining and moving tales from the imagination of Hans Christian - the story of a cunning frog, an old house and a snowman who is unaware of the effects of the coming spring.

Era uma vez um pastor que sempre dava sermões assustadores. Ele prometeu que os pecadores queimariam no inferno e, aos olhos dele, todos tinham cometido erros suficientes para merecer essa punição. Apesar desses discursos expressivos, a esposa do pastor não acreditou que todos poderiam ser tão maus assim. Quando ela morreu, o pastor ficou muito triste. Numa noite, o fantasma da mulher morta apareceu e o levou para uma aventura que o fez questionar tudo o que havia acreditado antes.

C'era una volta... un soldato valoroso che tornava dalla guerra. Nonostante il suo coraggio, le sue tasche erano vuote e la spada era rimasta la sua unica ricchezza.

A jealous and evil queen casts a dreadful spell over her 12 stepchildren - she exiles her beautiful stepdaughter, Elise, and turns her 11 stepsons into wild swans. Princess Elise sets out to find her brothers and release them from the spell, but finds that she must perform a nearly impossible task to carry out the rescue - create coats of mail out of sharp nettles for each of her brothers, and not speak a word the entire time. Even the love of a king - and the treachery of his adviser - must not deter her from her task. Sigourney Weaver narrates this beautiful version of one of Hans Christian Andersen's most compelling tales.

The Children's Book Of Christmas Stories is a wonderful assortment of 35 Christmas-themed tales that have been chosen by editor Asa Dickinson. Authors include Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, Susan Coolidge, and Elizabeth Harrison. Whether it is for children, or for family gatherings, everyone is sure to be captivated and enthralled!

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom lived a King with eleven sons and a beautiful daughter named Eliza. All was peaceful until the widowed King decided to remarry a wicked Queen with dark magical powers. Out of spite, the stepmother turns her eleven stepsons into swans and banishes Eliza from the castle into the countryside. Despite the overwhelming odds, Eliza is determined to rescue her brothers, overcome the evil Queen’s spell, and reunite her family.

Im kindgerechten Hörspiel Die kleine Meerjungfrau begegnen sich das poetische Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen und die berührende Musik von Camille Saint-Saëns. Tief unten im Meer träumt eine junge Meerjungfrau von der Menschenwelt und einem schönen Prinzen. Mutig sucht sie die Seehexe auf, tauscht ihre Stimme gegen Beine und erlebt ein bewegendes Abenteuer zwischen Schloss, Meer und großer Liebe.

Im Hörspiel Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse wird das zarte Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen mit der fantasievollen Musik von Maurice Ravel umwoben. Im Königsschloss sucht ein Königspaar eine echte Prinzessin. Als in einer regnerischen Nacht ein junges Mädchen anklopft, wird sie mit einer winzigen Erbse unter vielen Matratzen auf die Probe gestellt. Die ruhige und musikalische Kindergeschichte ist pädagogisch wertvoll und vermittelt kindgerecht Wissen und Werte wie Freundschaft, Mut und Selbstvertrauen.

Im kindgerechten Hörspiel Das kleine Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern trifft das berührende Wintermärchen von Hans Christian Andersen auf die träumerische Musik von Erik Satie. Ein armes Mädchen streift frierend durch die verschneite Stadt und versucht, ihre Schwefelhölzer zu verkaufen. Jede leuchtende Flamme schenkt ihr warme, tröstliche Bilder voller Licht, Geborgenheit und Hoffnung.

In this deeply moving tale from Hans Christian Andersen, a grieving mother struggles to accept the death of her young son. Consumed by sorrow and unable to find comfort among the living, she wanders to the child’s grave in the quiet of the night, where she encounters a mysterious figure who offers to show her what lies beyond death.

"The Snowman" is maybe one of the most touching stories by Hans Christian Andersen. It is a tale about unrequited love, and an occasion of reflection on the mysteries of existence and passion. In a small winter garden, a snowman glimpses a stove glowing by the window of the nearby house. He soon falls in love, and longs for the stove's companionship despite the warnings of his friend, the dog, who say the stove's heat would melt him.

Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy tales—with an anarchic twist—but many of his most famous tales sprang directly from his imagination. The...

The snow man in the yard has fallen in love with the stove he can see through the kitchen window. Meanwhile, the dog tries to warn him of the dangerous nature of this particular attraction.

Originally published in 1844 in one of CA Reitzel's New Fairy Tales collections, "The Fir Tree" is a moralistic tale that reveals the importance of appreciating what you have. In it, a young fir tree is so fixated on growing up that he does not value his life in the forest. But when Christmas comes, he discovers that what he thought he wanted wasn't what he expected it to be. This presentation of "The Fir Tree" was recorded as part of Dreamscape's Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales.

A Cheerful Temper is the story of a man who inherits from his father not wealth, nor status, but something far rarer—a disposition inclined toward good humor. The father, a hearse driver who led funeral processions with a round, sunlike face that discouraged despair, leaves behind a legacy of perspective rather than property.

Es erzählt von einem Soldaten, der nach dem Krieg mit nichts als seinem Mut und einem geheimnisvollen Feuerzeug in eine Welt gerät, in der Reichtum, Macht und Schicksal auf wundersame Weise miteinander verwoben sind. Es wird zum Schlüssel einer geheimen Macht, zur Brücke zwischen Armut und Reichtum, Liebe und Tod, Aufstieg und Sturz. Was als abenteuerliche Begegnung mit einer Hexe beginnt, entfaltet sich zu einer tiefgründigen Geschichte über Gier, Mut und das Verlangen nach einem besseren Leben.