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    The Ugly Duckling
    The Ugly Duckling
    The Ugly Duckling
    Audiobook8 minutes

    The Ugly Duckling

    Written by Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Stephen Fry

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    "The Ugly Duckling", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Stephen Fry for the GivingTales project.

    It is a story about the troubles and sufferings of a young swan that got hatched from an egg in a duck’s nest. He was marked as different and there all of his troubles started. He was humiliated in many ways and abused which ended up with him not trusting himself. He thought that he was worthless and he left the ducks. The is the primal story about bullying and about self-belief.

    "The Ugly Duckling" was released on November 11th, 1843. The original title in Danish: "Den grimme ælling".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGivingTales
    Release dateMay 15, 2018
    ISBN9781987101089
    The Ugly Duckling
    Author

    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish writer and author of many notable books including The Snow Queen. He specialized in writing fairytales that were inspired by tales he had heard as a child. As his writing evolved his fairytales became more bold and out of the box. Andersen's stories have been translated into more than 125 languages and have inspired many plays, films and ballets.

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