“The Real Princess.” Fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen, London: Dent, New York: Dutton, 1904, pp. 84-86.
Tale Summary
There was once a prince who wanted a princess, and only a real princess would please him. He traveled the world to find one, but was unable to, and came back home discouraged. One evening there was a terrible storm, and a knocking was heard at the gate, which the king himself answered. He met a princess there, who claimed that she was a real princess. The queen wanted to test this, so she laid a pea on the bedstead that the princess would use, piled 20 mattresses on top, and then 20 other beds on top of that. The next morning the princess said that she had slept horribly and felt that she had slept on something hard. They saw at once that she was a real princess because of her delicate skin, and so the prince took her for a wife.
Fairy Tale Title
The Real Princess
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Hans Christian Anderson
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)
Common Tale Type
The Princess and the Pea
Tale Classification
ATU 704
Page Range of Tale
pp. 84-86
Full Citation of Tale
“The Real Princess.” Fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen, London: Dent, New York: Dutton, 1904, pp. 84-86.
Original Source of the Tale
Hans Christian Anderson
Tale Notes
Research and Curation
Kaeli Waggener, 2023
Book Title
Fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen
Book Author/Editor(s)
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s)
Publisher
Dent, Dutton
Date Published
1904
Decade Published
1900-1909
Publisher City
London, New York
Publisher Country
United Kingdom, United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain