Thumbelina
Audiobook language: Russian · 24:25 · MP3
Duet
Narrated by Andrey Nakhshunov — digital voice replica
A girl no taller than a thumb finds herself in a vast world of toads, beetles and field mice. Her journey towards the sun begins with a small act of kindness.
Full description
She was born in a flower, but instead of a quiet life on a windowsill, a journey awaits her: a water-lily leaf, a cold burrow and a swallow’s wings. Everyone Thumbelina meets has their own idea of happiness to offer.
Andersen tells of a fragile being’s strength and the right to seek a home of one’s own. A great adventure seen from the height of a flower petal.
About this edition of Thumbelina
The text of the audio version has been compared with the following edition: Collected Works of Andersen in Four Volumes, 2nd ed., Saint Petersburg, 1899, volume 1, pages 27–37, where the tale is printed under the title «Lizok s veršok». The title page of this edition credits the translation to A. and P. Hansen. This bibliographic reference is not a claim of verbatim reproduction of the edition published before the Russian spelling reform. The text has been updated to modern spelling. The individual translator of this particular tale could not be established from the scan of the primary source.
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Audiobook in production
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