The Emperor's New Clothes

A timeless and satirical fable of vanity, pride, and the courage to speak the truth, wrapped in the simplicity of Hans Christian Andersen's clear, moral storytelling.

Read years ago, would be happy to revisit it this year.

This Penguin 60's edition is a selection of short stories taken from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales collection.The Emperors New Clothes is the known story, some others somewhat familiar, some quite original.Andersen has a talent for bringing the inanimate to life - in this selection a brass pig, a matchstick, a bottle.Being 9/10th of the way through [b:The Book of Thousand Nights and One Night 12176177 The Book of Thousand Nights and One Night (4 volume set) Anonymous https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1384159080s/12176177.jpg 45998791], these stories somehow don't hold the same level of interest, but that is always going to be a hard act to follow.For me these sit in the three to four star range, but probably 3 in this case.