The Little Mermaid
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This week, we have a classic fairy tale from master of the genre Hans Christian Andersen, 'The Little Mermaid'.  This is, of course, a very different story to the famous Disney film of the same name. Enchanting, beguiling, tragic, with hints of the morality tale and an absence of singing crabs, it is indeed a fairy tale, but perhaps more of a literary work than that simple title suggests. If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale Books - (buying anything on Amazon through this link helps support the podcast): Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales - https://amzn.to/3cb8RLf  Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: An Illustrated Classic - https://amzn.to/3vJfcVZ  The Little Mermaid (with original illustrations) - https://amzn.to/3wVMf9z  Films Hans Christian Andersen - https://amzn.to/3yUCBWo  Disney's The Little Mermaid - https://amzn.to/3uIMqU0    I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, Drew Atkins, John Bowles, Glen Thrasher and Cade Norman. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale)
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