The Emperor's New Clothes & It's Absolutely True

Title

en_US The Emperor's New Clothes & It's Absolutely True

en_US Hans Andersen Fairy Tales

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Hans Andersen

Creator

en_US Andersen, Hans Christian See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Patience, John

Date

2016-05-09T19:54:26Z

en_US 2015-07

en_US 1965

Date Available

2016-05-09T19:54:26Z

Date Issued

en_US 1965

Abstract

en_US This emperor has an outfit for every hour of the day. From the start, the artist delights in catching facial expressions, like those of the guards as the overdressed emperor passes by in the first picture. The two weavers advertise their marvelous cloth, with a "magical quality of being invisible to anyone who was stupid or bad at their job." Is it logical for the emperor to think that getting robes for himself from this material will tell him which of his ministers is unfit for his job? Fearing that the cloth might show him up, the emperor sends the prime minister first. The emperor panics the first time he visits the weavers' workroom but he of course praises the cloth. In fact, he gives them a medal and the title "Royal Knights of the Loom." Townsfolk watch from the square as the two work through the night. The emperor wears long underwear throughout the depiction of his "nakedness." All the people take up the boy's shout "The emperor has nothing on!" The emperor shivers, but the procession goes on with dignity. Nothing is said about the emperor's learning or the thieves' getaway. "It's Absolutely True" is like Aesop's story of the man who supposedly laid an egg. A hen loses one feather. Soon the report is spread abroad that five hens plucked all their feathers and froze to death. It got printed in the newspaper, and so it is true!

Identifier

en_US 10798 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/87236

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Peter Haddock Ltd

en_US Bridlington, England

Subject

en_US PZ8.A542Em 1965 See all items with this value

en_US Emperor See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

Book, Whole