Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Nightingale
    The Nightingale
    The Nightingale
    Audiobook15 minutes

    The Nightingale

    Written by Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Grace Gordon

    ()

    About this audiobook

    The Emperor of China loves to listen to the nightingale's song. One day he receives a mechanical bird that can sing. He forgets about the nightingale. But what happens when the mechanical bird wears out and breaks?

    The famous and much-loved Danish author Hans Christian Andersen celebrated his 200 anniversary the year 2005.
    On this occasion we have published five of his best tales retold for children aged 3-9 years: Tinderbox, The Little Match Girl, The Nightingale, The Emperor's New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling.

    Hans Christian Andersen wrote The Nightingale in 1844.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJentas
    Release dateOct 21, 2021
    ISBN9788742831076
    The Nightingale
    Author

    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoes. During Andersen's lifetime he was feted by royalty and acclaimed for having brought joy to children across Europe. His fairy tales have been translated into over 150 languages and continue to be published in millions of copies all over the world and inspired many other works.

    More audiobooks from Hans Christian Andersen

    Related to The Nightingale

    Related audiobooks

    Classics For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Sweetness Of Nature

      Aug 12, 2020

      The Sweetness Of Nature
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Little Mermaid

      Jan 1, 2020

      The Little Mermaid
      4 min read

    • Article

      Old Cricket Says

      May 1, 2019

      ONCE THERE WAS the son of a poor village shoemaker. What an awkward, ungainly boy he was! Yet he dreamed of being an actor, a singer, a dancer. So at fourteen, he set off alone to seek his fortune in the capital. There, he nearly starved to death. A

      1 min read

    • Article

      Copenhagen’s Goodwill Ambassador

      Apr 1, 2024

      Copenhagen’s Goodwill Ambassador
      4 min read

    • Article

      Letters To The Editor

      Apr 7, 2021

      WHAT a lovely coincidence that Alexandra King’s observations of echinoids (Letters, March 17) should appear in the same edition as your article on village ownership (‘It takes a family to raise a village’). The beautifully maintained St Peter’s Churc

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Old Un’s Notes

      Sep 21, 2022

      The Old Un’s Notes
      6 min read

    • Article

      What the Dickens?

      Dec 17, 2019

      IN WHAT might well be as an unexpected ‘sequel’to Charles Dickens’definitive seasonal novel A Christmas Carol, a rediscovered letter from the author has revealed that the novelist may have spent his last festive season without the traditional fare of

      2 min read

    • Article

      Town & Country Notebook

      Feb 7, 2024

      1) How many children did Queen Victoria have? 2) Paris Silverskin is a variety of which vegetable? 3) What is the name of the official church of the Lord Mayor of London? 4) In which musical is Arthur Kipps the main character? 5) What number is repre

      4 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Letters

      Dec 13, 2023

      SIR: I found Dunphy's cartoon about incompatible typefaces (November issue) most amusing, not least because it reminded me of a verse I wrote during a few moments of boredom in a meeting at which typefaces suitable for exhibition posters were being d

      3 min read

    • Article

      Lovely Bird Images – But What Are The Birds?

      Jun 30, 2021

      DURING a recent stay at Hoar Cross Hall, not too far from Burton upon Trent, I came across these beautiful bird paintings and a scan of a black-and-white pencil sketch. They decorated the walls of the dark library where guests are invited to enjoy te

      2 min read

    • Article

      “The Old Ones Are The Best…”

      Dec 1, 2022

      When the festive season rolls round and Slade vocalist Noddy Holder for the umpteenth time barks “Does your granny always tell ya, that the old songs are the best” from his band’s 1973 hit Merry Xmas Everybody, I like to paraphrase such lyrics and ap

      6 min read

    • Article

      Rewind

      Oct 4, 2022

      Rewind
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Old Un's Notes

      Oct 18, 2023

      The Old Un's Notes
      4 min read

    • Article

      Christmas Classics

      Dec 6, 2023

      Christmas Classics
      1 min read

    • Article

      Letters To The Editor

      Jan 26, 2022

      AFTER reading about swans in your Christmas double issue (‘Ride a white swan’, December 15/22, 2021), I checked my Franklin Mint bisque royal swan by R. V. Ruyckevelt, which dwells in our bathroom, and found that its beak was correct. It was interest

      2 min read

    • Article

      Town & Country Notebook

      Jul 8, 2020

      1) The old legal term ‘chattels' refers to one's what? 2) Englishman Eric Arthur Blair is better known by his pen name-what is it? 3) Which pseudonymous artist's works include Ballerina with Action Man Parts, Pulp Fiction and Parachuting Rat? 4) K

      1 min read

    • Article

      Chitchat

      Dec 3, 2018

      Chitchat
      9 min read

    • Article

      Time To Suspend Belief

      Nov 24, 2021

      NO one is too old or too busy for stories at Christmas. From the Nativity, the one from which it all began, to Cinderella, Swan Lake or the fable of Scrooge, they permit us to be temporarily transported from mundanity, a comfort to reach for when thi

      2 min read

    • Article

      Letters To The Editor

      Apr 27, 2022

      Letters To The Editor
      2 min read

    • Article

      Town & Country Notebook

      May 18, 2022

      1) Hawthorn traditionally blooms in which month? 2) Billingsgate Market is famous for what type of food? 3) What does the acronym YOLO stand for? 4) Which Romantic poet was described as ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know'? 5) What is the process by

      3 min read

    • Article

      Town & Country Notebook

      Dec 15, 2021

      1) How many bones in the human skull are movable? 2) What would you keep in a tantalus? 3) La Cucaracha is a song about which creature? 4) How many yards are there in a chain? 5) Which royal residence is on the bank of the River Dee? Spatterdash

      1 min read

    • Article

      Competition

      Feb 8, 2023

      IN COMPETITION No 289 you were invited to write a poem called The Hobby-Horse. I was surprised by how many of you took for a subject the folklore creature, often represented in mumming performances by a horse’s skull. The children’s stick-horse and t

      2 min read

    • Article

      Where The Wild Things Are

      Apr 17, 2024

      Where The Wild Things Are
      6 min read

    • Article

      Town & Country Notebook

      Oct 7, 2020

      1) Which North Yorkshire coastal town features in an English folk ballad popularised by Simon & Garfunkel? 2) How many hedgehog species do we have in the UK? 3) Which disease is commonly known as ‘lockjaw'? 4) Which two key ingredients do Marie Ro

      3 min read

    • Article

      There’s No Place Like Home

      Aug 17, 2022

      NÍL aon tinteán mar do thinteán fhéin,’ Rose says (it means: ‘There is no fireplace like your own’) every time we turn in through our gates and catch a glimpse of the house at the end of the drive. We have been leading such a peripatetic existence of

      2 min read

    • Article

      Town & Country Notebook

      Jan 5, 2022

      1) In cricket, how many balls are in an over? 2) In the television programme Dad’s Army, what did Pike's mother always try to make him wear? 3) Petty officer is a rank in which of the services? 4) What term is used to describe the action of a seed

      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Nightingale

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words