The Emperor's New Clothes

Title

en_US The Emperor's New Clothes

Start-Right Elf Books

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

Hans Christian Andersen

Creator

Hans Christian Andersen See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Leaf, Anne Sellers

Date

2016-05-09T19:54:27Z

2015-07

1968

Date Available

2016-05-09T19:54:27Z

Date Issued

1968

Abstract

This emperor spends all his money on new clothes. He thinks only of driving in the park to show off his clothes. He has a costume for every hour of the day. The supposed weavers tell people that the clothes made of their material become invisible to anyone unfit for his office or just stupid. Is it logical for the emperor to think that by wearing such clothes he can tell the wise from the stupid? He sends his honest minister to take a look. Everybody in the city is eager to see how bad or how stupid his neighbor is. Again, is that logical? Advisors admiring the "cloth" advise the emperor to have a suit made of it for the procession soon to take place. The weavers dress him in his new suit. This emperor wears long underwear throughout. A little child at the procession says "He's only in his underwear!" "The emperor had a queer feeling, for it seemed to him that they were right. Then he thought, 'I must bear up to the end.'" There is never an admission of folly and we do not learn what happens to the deceiving weavers. Leaf's art is of a piece with her illustrations for Aesop's fables.

Identifier

en_US 10800 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/87238

Language

eng

Publisher

en_US Rand McNally & Company

en_US Chicago

Subject

en_US PZ8.A542Empr 1968 See all items with this value

Emperor See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole