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    The Swineherd: English & Bulgarian
    The Swineherd: English & Bulgarian
    The Swineherd: English & Bulgarian
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    The Swineherd: English & Bulgarian

    By H. C. Andersen

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    "The Swineherd" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a poor prince who wants to marry the Emperor's daughter and sends her two beautiful gifts, a nightingale and a rose. The princess rejects the humble gifts because they're real and natural, rather than artificial. The prince then disguises himself and applies for the position of swineherd at the palace. Once on the job, he creates a musical pot. The princess slogs through the mud to the swineherd's hut and pays ten kisses for the pot. When the swineherd follows the pot with the creation of a musical rattle, she pays one hundred kisses for it. The Emperor, disgusted that his daughter would kiss a swineherd for a toy, casts her out. The prince, having found the princess unworthy of his love, washes his face, dons his royal raiment, and spurns the princess as her father did. The princess is left outside the palace door singing dolefully.

    The tale was first published 20 December 1841 in Copenhagen, Denmark in Fairy Tales Told for Children

    This children's e-book is fully illustrated all-color. Young readers will love the charming all-color illustrations, while parents will appreciate the moral at the end of the story. The beautiful illustrations will captivate your child's imagination and bring them back to read it over again and again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherH. C. Andersen
    Release dateMar 6, 2015
    ISBN9786050362527
    The Swineherd: English & Bulgarian

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      The Swineherd - H. C. Andersen

      The Swineherd:

      English & Bulgarian

      By H. C. Andersen

      English Translation: H. P. Paull (1872)

      Copyright © 2014 Raia Iotova, Bulgarian Translation

      Copyright © 2014 Maria Tsaneva, Illustrations

      Foreword

      Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875) was a Danish fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide, and was feted by royalty. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. Andersen’s fairy tales of fantasy with moral lessons are popular with children and adults all over the world, and they also contain autobiographical details of the man himself.

      The Swineherd is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a poor prince who wants to marry the Emperor's daughter and sends her two beautiful gifts, a nightingale and a rose. The princess rejects the humble gifts because they're real

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