The Emperor's New Clothes: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Emperor's New Clothes, credited to Hans Christian Andersen, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen. Read in English by Phil Chenevert This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an adult. The Emperor's New Clothes was funny from my earliest years because even then I could see that it poked fun at adults and their silly pretensions; The Ugly Duckling I think, was enjoyable because the bullied little one turned out so well and it had a happy ending although I thought even as a child that the protagonist should have gone back and brought those mean barnyard fowl down a peg or two. Little Tiny or Thumbellina is just a sweet story with adventure thrown in and The Brave Little Tin Soldier was and is a tribute to bravery and steadfastness. The last story, There Is No Doubt About It ! was so obviously silly and fun even to a young child and frankly, I just love the way the animals talk in this story. (summary by the reader )

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Emperor's New Clothes
• Author credits: Hans Christian Andersen
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:23:38

Catalogue topics

• Hans Christian Andersen

Track guide

1. 01 - The Emperor's New Clothes — 11:28
2. 02 - The Ugly Duckling — 24:46
3. 03 - Thumbellina — 29:03
4. 04 - The Brave Little Tin Soldier — 11:44
5. 05 - There is No Doubt About It — 6:37

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