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The Swineherd
Who is the most foolish? The prince who turns himself into a swinherd to go courting the emperor's daughter? The princess who hates the sweet red rose because it's not artificial? Or perhaps the emperor who throws his slipper at them both when he finds them kissing. Classic Hans Christian Andersen tale about human nature. Full-color illustrations.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 1st 1995
by NorthSouth
(first published 1841)
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^_^ Hehe
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Project Gutenberg has a free ebook and audiobook of a Hans Christian Andersen book with 18 fairy tales in it.
These are the stories in the Project Gutenberg files:
-- The emperor's new clothes
-- The swineherd
-- The real princess
-- The shoes of fortune
-- The fir tree
-- The snow queen
-- The leap-frog
-- The elderbush
-- The bell
-- The old house
-- The happy family
-- The story of a mother
-- The false collar
-- The shadow
-- The little match girl
-- The dream of little Tuk
-- The naughty bo...more
These are the stories in the Project Gutenberg files:
-- The emperor's new clothes
-- The swineherd
-- The real princess
-- The shoes of fortune
-- The fir tree
-- The snow queen
-- The leap-frog
-- The elderbush
-- The bell
-- The old house
-- The happy family
-- The story of a mother
-- The false collar
-- The shadow
-- The little match girl
-- The dream of little Tuk
-- The naughty bo...more
This story is amazing! Most of you may know that I love Hans Christian Andersen and I must admit that this story is at my top 5 favorites. This beign number 4. The story centers around this spoiled princess and a humble prince who wants to marry her. The princess rejects him because his presents are natural. The prince actually pretends to be a swine herd so that he could be close to the princess. Quite romantic don't you think? But of course the ending itself was not predictable at all and tha...more
The Swineherd is not as well-known as some of Andersen's other works, but it is a good one regardless. Like The Nightingale, the message is overwhelmingly of the superiority of the real in all things instead of the false. You can easily look up the text online, as it's in the public domain.
The story is more than slightly dated by our standards, and there is no happy ending. The frivolous princess (whose disdain for real things is never explained) is banished by her father for kissing a swineherd...more
The story is more than slightly dated by our standards, and there is no happy ending. The frivolous princess (whose disdain for real things is never explained) is banished by her father for kissing a swineherd...more
Lisbeth's illustrations deserve a five star rating but this is just such a dumb story that I couldn't make myself do it. I loved the prince telling off the stupid princess at the end, but otherwise, Andersen memorialized a story about nothing, really. Just look at the pictures and don't bother with the text.
A very funny story, and strange so few people know about it.
It's ludicrous! A swineherd going behind a tree to transform into a Prince! It's like something you'd expect in a comic book!
It's ludicrous! A swineherd going behind a tree to transform into a Prince! It's like something you'd expect in a comic book!
It'd be indeed difficult to make a child understand it.
May the ending be twisted to "and then they lived happily ever after". Stopgap eh?!
May the ending be twisted to "and then they lived happily ever after". Stopgap eh?!
I'd call it a fairytale, or a fun story to read!
My grandmother had this book on the bookshelf in her guest room, and my cousin and I would take it down and make up stories to go with the pretty pictures of princes and damsels in pretty dresses, so I have fond memories of it.
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Hans Christian Andersen, or simply H.C. Andersen, was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling". During Andersen's lifetime he was feted by royalty and acclaimed as having brought joy to children across Europe. His fairy tales have been translated into well over...more
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