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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]
Classic Audiobook Collection
01/23/23
•85m
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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen audiobook.
Genre: folklore
On a bitter New Year's Eve in a snowy city, a poor little girl wanders the streets with a bundle of matches to sell. Barefoot, hungry, and afraid to go home without money, she drifts from doorway to doorway as crowds hurry past, too busy to notice her. To keep her hands from freezing, she dares to strike a match, and in its small, wavering light she sees comforting visions: warmth, food, and the kind of tenderness she rarely receives in the waking world. Each flare of light offers a brief refuge from the cold and a glimpse of what she longs for most, even as the night deepens and her situation grows more desperate. Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Match Girl' is a stark, luminous tale about poverty and indifference, the fragile power of imagination, and the human need for mercy. Simple in language but profound in feeling, it invites listeners to look closely at those society overlooks and to consider what a single act of kindness might mean.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:07:40) Chapter 02
(00:18:40) Chapter 03
(00:22:03) Chapter 04
(00:26:56) Chapter 05
(00:47:39) Chapter 06
(01:00:58) Chapter 07
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The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]
January 23, 2023
•87m
The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen audiobook.
Genre: folklore
This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an adult. The Emperor's New Clothes was funny from my earliest years because even then I could see that it poked fun at adults and their silly pretensions; The Ugly Duckling I think, was enjoyable because the bullied little one turned out so well and it had a happy ending although I thought even as a child that the protagonist should have gone back and brought those mean barnyard fowl down a peg or two. Little Tiny or Thumbellina is just a sweet story with adventure thrown in and The Brave Little Tin Soldier was and is a tribute to bravery and steadfastness. The last story, There Is No Doubt About It ! was so obviously silly and fun even to a young child and frankly, I just love the way the animals talk in this story.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:11:28) Chapter 02
(00:36:14) Chapter 03
(01:05:17) Chapter 04
(01:17:01) Chapter 05
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Northwest! by Harold Bindloss ~ Full Audiobook [adventure]
January 23, 2023
•574m
Northwest! by Harold Bindloss audiobook.
Genre: adventure
Jimmy Leyland is a young Englishman with expensive habits and too much confidence in his luck, until one uneasy day in western Canada turns his life inside out. After a reckless hunting trip leaves him unsure whether he has shot a man from the Northwest Mounted Police, Jimmy realizes that uncertainty can be as dangerous as guilt. With officials searching for answers and friends offering conflicting advice, he runs for the one place that might hide him and test him at the same time: the hard, beautiful country of Alberta and British Columbia. Guided and challenged by seasoned men like Stannard and the ever-watchful Deering, and thrown off balance by the steady presence of Margaret Jardine, Jimmy is forced to trade clubroom bravado for grit, judgment, and restraint. The farther he pushes into the back country, the more the wilderness strips away his old assumptions about class, courage, and what it means to be honorable. Part chase story, part survival tale, Northwest! follows a spoiled drifter trying to become someone worth trusting before the past catches up to him.
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Chapters (Approximate)
(00:00:00) Chapter 01
(00:13:33) Chapter 02
(00:30:45) Chapter 03
(00:48:41) Chapter 04
(01:04:40) Chapter 05
(01:20:44) Chapter 06
(01:36:03) Chapter 07
(01:55:42) Chapter 08
(02:14:16) Chapter 09
(02:30:57) Chapter 10
(02:50:08) Chapter 11
(03:07:35) Chapter 12
(03:23:32) Chapter 13
(03:39:49) Chapter 14
(03:57:07) Chapter 15
(04:13:32) Chapter 16
(04:29:44) Chapter 17
(04:49:04) Chapter 18
(05:05:39) Chapter 19
(05:26:24) Chapter 20
(05:41:23) Chapter 21
(05:59:34) Chapter 22
(06:14:58) Chapter 23
(06:33:23) Chapter 24
(06:50:01) Chapter 25
(07:06:42) Chapter 26
(07:23:00) Chapter 27
(07:40:11) Chapter 28
(07:56:53) Chapter 29
(08:17:05) Chapter 30
(08:30:15) Chapter 31
(08:42:59) Chapter 32
(08:58:25) Chapter 33
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