The emperor's new clothes
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The emperor's new clothes
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The emperor's new clothes
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Summary
"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a short tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about two con-men weavers who tell an emperor they can make him a new suit of clothes that is invisible to people who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. Parading before his subjects in his new "clothes", no one is willing to admit to themselves or others that the emperor is essentially naked. When a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!" the crowd repeats the cry and the Emperor continues parading. As an idiom, the story's title refers to things that are accepted as common knowledge in spite of being obviously untrue
Target audience
juvenile
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- Animals -- Juvenile fiction
- Weavers -- Juvenile fiction
- Pride and vanity -- Juvenile fiction
- Tricksters -- Juvenile fiction
- Statesmen -- Juvenile fiction
- Courts and courtiers -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Electronic books
- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction
- Tailors -- Juvenile fiction
- Clothing and dress -- Juvenile fiction
- Wit and humor, Juvenile
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- Subject12
- Animals -- Juvenile fiction
- Weavers -- Juvenile fiction
- Pride and vanity -- Juvenile fiction
- Tricksters -- Juvenile fiction
- Statesmen -- Juvenile fiction
- Courts and courtiers -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Electronic books
- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction
- Tailors -- Juvenile fiction
- Clothing and dress -- Juvenile fiction
- Wit and humor, Juvenile
- Content1
- Illustrator1
- Is Derivative Of1