The Garden of Paradise

by Edward Sheldon (Adapted By), Hans Christian Andersen

The Garden of Paradise, adapted by Edward Sheldon is a play, based on Hans Christian Andersen's "Little Mermaid" and NOT on Andersen's collection of stories which is also named: The Garden of Paradise

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Childrens, Audiobook

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1923

Reviews

[Vaishali · Rating 2 out of 5]

An enticing beginning... and then falls flat. "The Garden of Paradise" is what you get when a writer offers you many vacations strung together, but no adversary that makes the goal that much more delicious. A good study for story-tellers, however.

[Elinor Loredan]

This one has incredible descriptions and personifications of the four winds, and it reminds us that yes, we would fall into temptation just like Adam and Eve too. It reminds me of The Lilac Fairy Book's A Lost Paradise.

[K. Anna Kraft · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have arranged my takeaway thoughts on this fairytale into a haiku:

"Easy in theory,
To dismiss temptations that
Break you in person."

[Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story started out well but it didn't really hold up to its promises. It explores the human knack of never being able to resist temptation or to do as told.

[Amelia Bujar · Rating 1 out of 5]

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This one was really not for me. Maybe reading children stories as an adult isn’t the best thing to do for some people.

I personally found this story to be very boring and uninteresting. I really had hard time reading it because I just couldn’t get into the story.

The story is pretty quick read, but that’s the only good thing about this story for me personally.

The writing style in this one was very generic which every fairytale has.

[Alvaro_atm92 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo que más me hizo reír:

Vientos: Matan a tres personas.
Príncipe: Sí que son revoltosos tus hijos XD

Cada noche durante los próximos 100 años voy a tentarte, si resistes el Paraíso será tuyo para siempre, pero si no, se hundirá en la tierra y sufrirás dolor y penurias por toda la eternidad. Y el pendejo se la zumba la primera noche xdddd

Difíciles son las respuestas cuando las preguntas son tontas!

Este cuento es de mis favoritos de Andersen

[I.N. Lema · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clara referencia al Génesis y al pecado original, el cual volverá a repetirse una y otra vez debido a la debilidad humana y su incapacidad de refrenarse ante la tentación.
La historia incluye a los cuatro vientos cardinales que fastidian a los humanos y la madre de éstos, que los regaña y castiga por sus travesuras. Esto provocará una especie de equilibrio entre el Bien y el Mal, fortuna y adversidad, ...

[Mr. Twinkie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slightly dark and grim but in comparison with his other fairytales that I have read this one seemed a bit too preachy.

[Bethany (CozyLittleBookNook) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought that the old woman son’s,the four winds where cool. But after he leaves them I think the story goes down hill from there. Which is funny because the whole story is about the garden.

[nono · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.9/5 stars

Clearly not too found of this tale

[Júpiter Menfis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Las típicas alusiones cristianas de Hans.
Un cuento que brinda un interesante viaje.

[Daria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every time that you resist, your strenght will grow, and at last you will not even think of yielding to temptation.

[Raj · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nonsense that children should not touch.

[Lilly B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than most but a bit on the nose hans

[Sarah Morgan Sandquist · Rating 5 out of 5]

I especially enjoyed this one. it exhibits that curious fairy tale trait of mixing Christian iconography with half-remembered bits of older religions. In this tale, the garden of Eden is guarded by a Fairy Queen, reminiscent both of The Sirens and Caltpso in the Odyssey with a clear borrowing of the Four Winds, complete with a sack to corral them, from the same story. In structure, it is also like a Greek tragedy, with the moral delivered as a result of disobedience to a divine entity. One of the better ones in this collection, I'd say.