The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen - ISBN: 9780241746851
Paperback
Vanity exposed: An Emperor’s obsession, a kingdom deceived, truth unveiled.

The Emperor's New Clothes

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  • Paperback

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2025

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Summary

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.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241746851
ISBN-10:024174685X
Author:Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:15 July 2025
Weight:73g
Dimensions:181mm x 111mm x 8mm
Series:Penguin Archive
About The Author

Hans Christian Andersen

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.

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