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    Little Claus and Big Claus
    Little Claus and Big Claus
    Little Claus and Big Claus
    Audiobook7 minutes

    Little Claus and Big Claus

    Written by Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Sir Michael Caine

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    About this audiobook

    "Little Claus and Big Claus", one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, is narrated by Sir Michael Caine, CBE for the GivingTales project.

    Big Claus is rich, Little Claus is poor, they both live in the same village. Little Claus makes the mistake of proclaiming to the village people all the horses he works are his. Big Claus gets angry as four of the five horses are his and in his indignation, kills Little Claus' only horse as punishment. Dismayed, Little Claus heads to market to sell the horse hide, but instead cons a farmer out of a bag of money in an little affair involving the farmer's wife, the deacon, a wizard and the devil...

    "Little Claus and Big Claus" was released on May 8th, 1835. The original title in Danish: "Lille Claus og Store Claus".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGivingTales
    Release dateMay 15, 2018
    ISBN9781987101126
    Little Claus and Big Claus
    Author

    Hans Christian Andersen

    Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling and The Red Shoes. During Andersen's lifetime he was feted by royalty and acclaimed for having brought joy to children across Europe. His fairy tales have been translated into over 150 languages and continue to be published in millions of copies all over the world and inspired many other works.

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