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Title | The Emperor's New Clothes
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Author | Hans Christian Andersen
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Illustrated By | Disney
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Publisher | Random House - 1975
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First Printing | ---
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Title | Andersen's Fairy Tales
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Author | Hans Christan Andersen
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Illustrated By | Arthur Szyk
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Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap - 1945
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First Printing | ---
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Title | A Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen
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Author | Hans Christan Andersen
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Illustrated By | ---
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Publisher | International Collector's Library - 1974
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First Printing | ---
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Category | Children
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | The Emperor, two swindlers
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Main Elements | Fairy tale
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Two dishonest weavers sell the vain emperor an invisible suit of clothes.
I loved the Disney retelling of this story. First, because the Andersen's fairy tale was so short, even in a picture book with minimal text the entire tale can be faithfully retold, perhaps ignoring the fact that Disney made the emperor and anthropomorphic lion which wasn't exactly in the original! But as a kid I think that's what I liked best, also that the lion can be recognized from other Disney movies (not sure which one, but I can vividly picture him sucking his thumb every time something didn't go his way).
Now the second and third books have the story in full, though the translations word the text a little differently. I have found that the thid one matches best with the translations available on Project Gutenberg where of course you can download the story. But where's the fun without the illustrations? Well...so long as you leave the emperor with some underpants that is!
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