The nightingale by H. C. Andersen
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"The nightingale" by H. C. Andersen is a literary fairy tale set in imperial China. It tells the story of an emperor who discovers a nightingale living in his palace gardens, whose beautiful song moves him to tears. When a jeweled mechanical bird arrives as a gift, the real nightingale is forgotten and banished. Years later, when the emperor falls deathly ill, only one song can save him from Death's grasp. (This
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| Author | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 |
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| Illustrator | Newill, Mary J., 1860-1947 |
| Translator | Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894 |
| Uniform Title | Nattergalen. English |
| Title | The nightingale |
| Original Publication | United States: R. H. Russel, 1898. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightingale_(fairy_tale) |
| Credits | Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fairy tales |
| Subject | Nightingale -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Songbirds -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | China -- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 71096 |
| Release Date | Jul 2, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 514 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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