The Little Mermaid

By: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrated by: Sri Gordon

The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul.

Public Domain (P)2018 Flaneur Media

Imaginative and Magical

This story of The Little Mermaid is a beautiful tale of a young mermaid princess and her love for the prince she rescued from a shipwreck. The audio version is well worth a listen just for the detailed descriptions of life under the sea. It's imaginative and magical. It's very different from the Disney version, and the two really can't be compared.

The narration was done well. Sri Gordon doesn't dramatize the story, she lets the listener interpret the emotions the author intended. She gave each character their own speaking voice, and immersed me in the story. It's a lovely quick listen.

Surperb acting by Sri Gordon!!

Han's Christian Anderson's version is not the Disney version. Hans books are sometimes a bittersweet pill to swallow and therefore geared more towards adults than children. The little mermaid is no exception. After leaving her beautifully, scenic home for a prince she realizes the grass isn't always greener. This melancholy version is certainly not the happy ending Disney put out, but nevertheless still a beautiful classic. I was given a free copy of this book at my request and have voluntarily decided to leave this review.

Forget Disney - this get's dark

While Disney probably have the most well known version of 'The Little Mermaid' it diverges significantly from the original Hans Christian Andersen tale. Disney and HCA start similar enough - a mermaid falls in love with a human and trades her singing voice for legs. It's from this point the stories diverge with Disney taking a much more upbeat approach, while the original tale descents into a fairly dark morality tale (with a last add on paragraph that redeems the character's choices and lightens the story, slightly).

So even if you know the Disney version really well, it's worth visiting the original and seeing where it came from.

Sri Gordon does some good voice acting for the short story, providing voices, emotion and interest to the characters. She is well paces, easy to listen to and overall enjoyable. A good reading of the quick tale.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this review voluntarily.

Well-narrated, classic tale.

Much, much darker than Disney’s version of course, but not nearly as dark as some of his other tales. A classic tale … just maybe not for people looking for happy/light fairtales. Not nearly as trippy as some of his other works too, more plausible.

4 stars.
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I listened to an audiobook of this, narrated by Sri Gordon. This was very well done, would absolutely listen to more from her. She doens’t really ‘perform’ the book, but she has a very pleasant voice and reads it very well.
4-star performance.

Wonderful book for all ages

With a great performance by the Narrator this Audio Book can be enjoyed by every listener.


It is short and will be entertaining for all who download this book.


This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.