Publisher Description
More than thirty short stories of riddles and mystery fiction are featured in this audiobook including: “The Mysterious Card” by Cleveland Moffett, “The Comedy at Fountain Cottage’ by Ernest Bramah, “The Story of Caspar Hauser” by Andrew Lang, “The Beast with Five Fingers” by W. F. Harvey, and “The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles” by William Le Queux.
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About various authors
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.