The Emperor's New Clothes and Other Fairy Tales

By: Hans Christian Andersen, David Tennant

Narrated by: Anne-Marie Duff, Penelope Wilton, Sir Derek Jacobi

Four classic fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, read by Sir Derek Jacobi, Anne-Marie Duff, David Tennant, and Penelope Wilton.

Here are four of Hans Christian Andersen’s best-loved short stories, specially adapted for young children and read by some of Britain’s most well-known actors.

The Emperor’s New Clothes read by Sir Derek Jacobi: An emperor is promised a special suit of clothes by a pair of tailors.

The Little Mermaid read by Anne-Marie Duff: A beautiful mermaid falls in love with a prince.

The Fir Tree read by David Tennant: A little fir tree is desperate to grow up and be like the other trees in the forest.

The Wild Swans read by Penelope Wilton: A princess must rescue her brothers from a spell cast by a wicked queen.

Public Domain (P)2011 Audible Ltd.

Old Stories

I Love Old stories.
So I really enjoyed the audio book... The narrator did a Great job at navigating.
I will listen to this one again.

Overall Good

Loved this collection. Two of the stories were abridged which was okay for the grandkids.

Classics done better!

These are some of my families favorite stories done by amazing narrators! I also love David Tennent. Well done!

The Emperors new clothes

I like all 4 books because they all teach you something.They also all have a happy ending.😁

well performed and I love fairy tales. thank you

lovely to listen to while exercising or doing anything else really. I'm 64 years young and never will outgrow a well done fairytale