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The Little Match Girl

By: Hans Christian Andersen
Narrated by: Tamsin Greig
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It is bitterly cold, and the Little Match Girl is walking the icy streets in bare feet, trying to sell just one box of matches so she can go home and get warm. But no one wants to buy....

A magical retelling of the classic tale, read by Tamsin Greig.

Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Literature & Fiction Girls Classics
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A beautifully written and read short story. Upon listening to it I was transported back to my childhood when 1st told this story. Tamsin grieg compassionately tells the story of this poor sweet little girl, I could actually picture the little her!

Truly beautiful

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Always been a favourite. Beautiful story, beautifully told. Excellent narration. And it was free; part of the plus range.

beautiful story

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Yes the Little Matchstick Girl caught my heartstrings one Christmas morning as I sat surrounded by my loving family in my warm sitting room
opening an abundance of Christmas presents & there on screen was a beautiful small child with no shoes on her feet & no coat to keep warm as she stood in the freezing cold snow waiting for a customer to buy her matches. All presents forgotten as I watched in awe as this little girl lit match after match to light up her dreams to be with her loved ones.
I felt so lucky & so loved. Thousands of children lived like her up to the early 1900's.
A well read story that will warm your heart.

Excellent & Magic

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Absolutely loved it and really enjoyed it. Absolutely Brilliant. Absolutely fantastic. Very good. I hope the next one is just as good as this one.

Brilliant!

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The Little Match Girl is one of my all time favourites and one of Hans Christian Andersen's classics.
The famous Danish author who gave us the little mermaid and the snow queen, but not the sugar coated Disney versions.

Here we listen to a carefully done retelling of the well known fairytale of the poor young girl.
Her parents don't come across as being as cruel, as here she has only to sell one bundle of matches, whereas in the original she has to face a beating at home, if she dares to return with only one unsold item.
The two boys talking to her, are not part of the original either and I don't remember a policeman finding her at the end, but I felt the new parts worked very well.
Still, the sad wee girl is not to survive the night, but again the part where her grandmother appears is there and beautifully and heart wrenchingly retold.

Excellent narration throughout.

Lovely retelling of a Classic Fairytale

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Performed and written so well! Also I can’t get over the writer’s name because it’s niche but it’s the name of a man from a famous film (with the name of the title- highly recommend!)

Beautiful but heartbreakingly so

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The title says it all really. An interesting comment on poverty. I listened to the audio version. I enjoyed how the narrator gave each character a voice.

Beautiful but Sad

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