The answers to my earlier post are shown below.
Illustration by Hans Tegner, 1900
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Who wrote the 1837 fairy tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes?
Answer: Hans Christian Anderson
An emperor, obsessed with clothes, hires two con-men who claim to weave clothes that are invisible to the incompetent or stupid. The emperor, his officials, and the townspeople all pretend to see the clothes, fearing they are incompetent, until a child reveals the truth. Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, is renowned for his fairy tales, which are widely translated. He also wrote plays, novels, poems, travel books and autobiographies.
Painting by Carl Larsson in 1881.
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The Brothers Grimm’s Children’s and Household Tales, a collection from 1823, includes these three tales; The … Brothers, The … Dancing Princesses and The … Hunstmen. The same number is missing from all three titles, what is the number?
Answer: Twelve
Grimms’ Fairy Tales, originally Children’s and Household Tales, a seminal work of Western children’s literature, is a collection of fairy tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The first volume of the first edition contained 86 tales.
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Peter and Wendy was originally written as a play in 1904, and then reworked into a novel in 1911. Who was the author of both versions?
Answer: JM Barrie
British novelist and playwright J.M. Barrie, best known for creating Peter Pan, was inspired by the Llewelyn Davies boys. He was knighted and awarded the Order of Merit, and bequeathed the rights to Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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The Fir and the Bramble and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse are from what collection of famous stories which date back more than 2,500 years?
Answer: Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables, a collection of fables attributed to the ancient Greek slave and storyteller Aesop, have been passed down through oral tradition and various sources. Initially intended for adults, the fables evolved to become educational tools for children, emphasising ethical lessons and gaining global recognition through translations and adaptations. Among some of the better known are The Tortoise and the Hare and Hercules and the Wagoner.
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Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin are well-known, although not original, stories from what early collection of tales?
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One Thousand and One Nights, also known as The Arabian Nights, is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. The stories, framed by the tale of Shahryar and Scheherazade, were collected over centuries and include tales from various cultures and eras. Some stories, like Sinbad the Sailor and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, were added later by translators.
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