Swineherd, The

Name: Swineherd, The
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
ISBN: 9781974912599

Author: Hans Christian Andersen

Narrator: Emma Fenney

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 04/24/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fairy Tales

Synopsis

In "The Swineherd", a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a prince who disguises himself as a swineherd woos an arrogant princess. Sending her a nightingale and a rose, the princess rejects the humble gifts preferring the man-made over the real. The prince/swineherd creates a musical pot and charges the princess ten kisses for it. The princess trudges through the mud to pay one hundred kisses for his next creation, a musical rattle. A parable about the shallowness of earthly things.

About Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) originally trained as a singer and actor, but he gained fame with his fairy tales, which were not meant merely for children but for adults as well. Andersen frequently used a colloquial style that disguises the sophisticated moral teachings of his tales. Many of Andersen's fairy tales depict characters who gain happiness in life after suffering and enduring conflicts. "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid" are Andersen's most intimate works. A playwright and novelist as well as the author of children's tales, Andersen publications include the novels The Improvisatore and Only a Fiddler, as well as his personal memoirs, The Fairy Tale of My Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ on October 23, 2024

Ich mag Märchen, und Hans Christian Andersen hat auch einige sehr schöne Märchen geschrieben. "Die Prinzessin und der Schweinehirt" gehört zwar nicht zu meinen Lieblingsmärchen von ihm, aber es ist dennoch ein schönes Märchen mit einer guten Botschaft. Ich kenne Varianten des Märchens mit Happy End......more

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on June 15, 2024

The Swineherd is one of the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, with a heavily moral and melancholy feel. It is about about an arrogant princess, and the price she eventually pays for her pride. The story was first published as "Svinedrengen", in December 1841. Here is one of the fi......more

Goodreads review by M.M. Strawberry on December 05, 2024

(Included in the Yellow Fairy Book) This is... a pretty weird story. Not one of Andersen's best IMHO. Everyone's an idiot.......more

Goodreads review by K. Anna on May 02, 2022

I have arranged my takeaway thoughts on this fairytale into a haiku: "Beware of 'princes' More thoughtful in their vengeance Than in their courtship."......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on January 25, 2019

The Swineherd, illustrated by Dorothée Duntze. First published as Svinedrengen in 1841, this original fairy-tale from Hans Christian Andersen follows the story of a prince from a fairly modest kingdom, who attempts to court the daughter of the emperor. When his initial gifts - a sweet-singing nightin......more