The Butterfly

Released: February 20, 2026
Length: 7 mins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Publisher: Anthony Pica Productions, LLC

Follow Hans Christian Andersen View on Audible apple

The Butterfly by Hans Christian Andersen is a tender fairy tale exploring themes of longing, choice, and indecision. Through the story of a butterfly searching for the perfect mate among the flowers, it offers a subtle reflection on the nature of perfection and the passage of time. Narrated warmly by Liz Leafloor, the tale combines humor and moral insight, leaving listeners with a gentle, thought-provoking impression.

childrens fairy tale retelling folklore literary fiction

RecentAudiobook tracks Hans Christian Andersen and over 141,000 other authors for new releases.

Follow the authors you love and hear about every new audiobook the day it lands.

Get started Browse authors

Classic Bedtime Stories: Volume II

Hans Christian Anderson, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, J. M. Barrie, Alison Larkin, J.M. Barrie, J M Barrie, Lewis Carrol, Hans Christian Andersen

Short Fairy Tales for Kids of all Ages

Hans Christian Anderson, The Brothers Grimm, Joseph Jacobs, Andrew Lang, George Macdonald, Herman Hofberg, Hans Christian Andersen

Mathilda

Mary Shelley

The Ultimate Classics Collection – Volume Five: 13 Novels from Twain, Austen, Proust, Dumas, Gaskell, Dickens, & More

Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Marcel Proust, Elizabeth Gaskell, Horace Walpole, Émile Zola, Jane Austen, H. G. Wells, Charlotte Brontë, Alexandre Dumas, Jerome K. Jerome, H.G. Wells, Jerome K Jerome, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Herbert George Wells, Jules Scott Verne

The Ultimate Classics Collection: 10 Novels From Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Austen, Tolstoy, Wells, Joyce, Brontë, & More

Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, H. G. Wells, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Mann, George Eliot, H.G. Wells, Herbert George Wells, F Scott Fitzgerald