“The Real Princess”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 112-113.
Tale Summary
There was once a prince who wanted to have his very own real princess. He searches all around the world, meeting many princesses, but with each feels like there is something not quite right about them. He can not figure out if they are real princesses or not. Discouraged, he returns home. One evening, there is a terrible storm, and a princess knocks at the town gate, soaking wet. She says that she is a true princess, but the old Queen has her doubts. Preparing the girl’s bedroom, she places a pea on the bedstead, and on top puts twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. The next morning, the princess complains that she slept horribly as if she were laying on some hard thing. They know at must that she must be a real princess, and the prince takes her for his wife.
Fairy Tale Title
The Real Princess
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Hans Christian Anderson
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
Edmund Dulac
Common Tale Type
The Princess and the Pea
Tale Classification
ATU 704
Page Range of Tale
pp. 112-113
Full Citation of Tale
“The Real Princess”. Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hans Christian Anderson, New York: George H. Doran Company [1923], pp. 112-113.
Original Source of the Tale
Tale Notes
The tale ends with: "Now this is a true story".
Research and Curation
Kaeli Waggener, 2022
Book Title
Stories from Hans Andersen with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac
Book Author/Editor(s)
Hans Christian Anderson
Illustrator(s)
Edmund Dulac
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Date Published
1923
Decade Published
1920-1929
Publisher City
New York
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Available at the Internet Archive
Book Notes
Medium-large sized book with a hardback cover, includes colored illustrations.