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| "The Princess and the Pea" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Hans Christian Andersen | |
 1911 Illustration by Edmund Dulac | |
 Text available at Wikisource | |
| Original title | Prinsessen på Ærten |
| Translator | Charles Boner |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Genre(s) | Literary fairy tale |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Tales, Told for Children. First Collection. First Booklet. 1835. |
| Publication type | Fairy tale collection |
| Publisher | C.A. Reitzel |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | 8 May 1835 |
| Published in English | 1846 in A Danish Story-Book |
"The Princess and the Pea" (Danish: Prinsessen på Ærten, lit. 'The Princess on the Pea')[1] is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who is tested to become the wife to a lonely prince. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in a cheap booklet on 8 May 1835 in Copenhagen by C. A. Reitzel.
The tale is classified in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as ATU 704, "The Princess and the Pea".[2]
- ^ Tatar (2008), pp. 70–77
- ^ Haase, Donald, ed. (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 798.
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