The Emperor's New Clothes

Author: Andersen, Hans Christian

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Published on 17 April 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Archive' series.

Paperback | 112 pages
180 x 111 x 9 | 72g

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksMany years ago there lived an Emperor who was so terribly fond of beautiful new clothes that he spent all his money on dressing elegantly...

Jewels in storytelling, these magical fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen were inspired by his own life as an outsider. From ‘The Little Mermaid’ to ‘The Red Shoes’, his fables show the ugliest of humanity – its power, greed, vanity – but also how suffering can lead to beauty.