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    The Little Match Girl
    The Little Match Girl
    The Little Match Girl
    Audiobook5 minutes

    The Little Match Girl

    Written by Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Ewan McGregor, OBE

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    About this audiobook

    "The Little Match Girl", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Ewan McGregor, OBE for the GivingTales project.

    On a cold New Year's Eve, a young, poor girl tries to sell matches in the street. She is already shivering from cold and early hypothermia. Still she is afraid to go home, because her father will beat her for not selling any matches.

    "The Little Match Girl" was released in December, 1845. The original title in Danish: "Den lille Pige med Svovlstikkernee".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGivingTales
    Release dateMay 15, 2018
    ISBN9781987101096
    The Little Match Girl
    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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