Publication

1945 - HarperCollins Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

15,500 words, Guess

Page Count

62 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveplainprincess0000phyl
  • ISBN-139780397301072
  • ISBN-100397301073
  • Better World Books9780397301072
  • Better World BooksP8-APG-687
and 1 more

Description

The King and Queen plan a birthday party for their daughter Esmeralda, showering her with gifts and toys, ordering a feast with entertainment, and inviting a neighboring Prince to play with her. But the Princess is in a sulky mood, and throwing one of her royal tantrums, she goads the usually well-mannered Prince into declaring what no one has ever dared to admit that she is a plain Princess. Faced at last with the truth, the Princess falls into a genuine decline, and her parents offer a great reward to anyone who can make her beautiful. All the wise men try, without success. Finally, the royal dustwoman, Dame Goodwit, offers to make the Princess beautiful in three months if the Princess will come and live in her cottage with her three daughters. The changes that take place are only natural ones; but when the Princess learns to do a truly unselfish thing, her mouth turns up, her nose turns down, and her eyes sparkle like the candles on a birthday cake.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Plain PrincessHarperCollins Publishers1945

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