Hans Christian Andersen 
The Princess and the Pea 

In The Princess and the Pea a prince who wants to marry a princess finds it difficult to ascertain whether a princess is authentically noble. On a stormy night, a bedraggled young woman claiming to be a princess seeks shelter in the prince’s castle. The Prince’s mother tests the girl’s claim by placing three peas underneath the twenty mattresses laid out for her. A humorous tale about the absurdities of the nobility.

About the author

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish writer and author of many notable books including The Snow Queen. He specialized in writing fairytales that were inspired by tales he had heard as a child. As his writing evolved his fairytales became more bold and out of the box. Andersen’s stories have been translated into more than 125 languages and have inspired many plays, films and ballets.