{"date":"August 4","id":"08-04","intro":["Hans Christian Andersen had an extraordinary capacity for amusing children. Were he living to-day he might be in great demand as a radio bedtime story man."],"minutes":20,"readings":[{"author":"Hans Christian Andersen","end":230,"start":221,"volume":17,"work":"Tales"}],"slug":"august-4","status":"proofread","title":"World’s Greatest Bedtime Stories","url":"/harvard-classics/august-4/","words":4059}