The Emperor's New Clothes
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Publishing Details
The Emperor's New Clothes
By (Author) Hans Christian Andersen
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
15th July 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Fiction in translation
Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales
Novella (Short Novel)
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 111mm, Height 181mm, Spine 15mm
150g
Description
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Many years ago there lived an Emperor who was so terribly fond of beautiful new clothes that he spent all his money on dressing elegantly... Jewels in storytelling, these magical fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen were inspired by his own life as an outsider. From 'The Little Mermaid' to 'The Red Shoes', his fables show the ugliest of humanity - its power, greed, vanity - but also how suffering can lead to beauty.
Author Bio
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, son of a shoemaker and a washerwoman. He was the first writer to take the folk tale as a literary genre and create new stories, such as 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Snow Queen'. His influence on children's literature is inestimable, yet his stories work on many levels. He died in Copenhagen in 1875.
