The Swineherd

by Hans Christian Andersen, Anne Anderson (Illustrator), Vilhelm Pedersen (Illustrator)

Overview

Andersen's famous fairy tale about the prince in rags acting as a swineherd. A poor prince wants to marry the Emperor's daughter and sends her two beautiful gifts, a nightingale and a rose. The princess rejects the gifts because they're natural rather than artificial. The prince disguises himself and applies for the position of swineherd at the palace and creates a musical pot. The princess goes to the swineherd's hut and pays ten kisses for the pot. When he creates a musical rattle, she pays a hundred kisses for it. The prince, having found her unworthy of his love, spurns the princess who is left outside the palace.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151554022
Publisher:	Nordic Classics
Publication date:	04/12/2015
Series:	Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	16
File size:	532 KB
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Date of Birth:

April 2, 1805

Date of Death:

August 4, 1875

Place of Birth:

Odense, Denmark

Place of Death:

Copenhagen, Denmark