The Emperor's New Clothes

Title

en_US The Emperor's New Clothes

en_US North-South Paperbacks

Description

en_US Original language: dan

en_US First paperback edition

en_US Retold by Anthea Bell

Creator

en_US Andersen, H.C. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Duntze, Dorothée

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:12Z

en_US 2014-12

en_US 1997

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:12Z

Date Issued

en_US 1997

Abstract

en_US This version is remarkable first for its size: 9½ x 12½. This is a tall book for a tall tale! The two tricksters in this version claimed that their cloth was the finest ever seen. Its special quality was being invisible to anyone who was either not good enough for his job or shockingly stupid. Each pair of pages has one with several lines of text and some intriguing black-and-white designs while the other is a full page of color; that rhythm is broken only by the two-page colored spread of the town square at the book's center. One of the best of the colored illustrations shows the emperor's wardrobe, which needs ladders and long poles to get at all the clothes. In this version, everyone in the city knew about the cloth, and all the people were eager to discover how stupid or unfit for their jobs their neighbors might be. There is another fine storytelling touch when the tricksters told the emperor as they put the clothes on him They are all as light as cobwebs; you might think you had nothing on at all, but that's the whole beauty of it! This emperor is shown in his undergarments, which are of course more elaborate than today's might be. This emperor, once the procession started and all the people could see, never had so successful a suit of new clothes before. This version ends abruptly with all the people laughing and shouting, but the emperor and his chamberlains keeping up appearances as they march to the procession's end. Delightful!

Identifier

en_US 9781558586895

en_US 10438 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75053

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US North-South Books

en_US Gossau Zurich, Switzerland

Subject

en_US PZ8.B45 Em 1997 See all items with this value

en_US Hans Christian Andersen See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole