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Alex DeLarge vs. Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer

"The Wild Swans" 1838

A king has eleven sons and one daughter named Eliza.The king marries an evil stepmother who is a wicked witch. The wicked stepmother turns the eleven princes into wild swans. The stepmother sends young Eliza away to live with peasants. At sunset, the swans turn back into human princes for a short time.

Scene: Princess Elsa (or Eliza) sits in a cart on her way to be judged, desperately weaving a shirt out of stinging nettles to break the spell on her brothers. Artist: The artwork was created by the 19th-century English illustrator E. Stuart Hardy.Caption: The text at the bottom is in Dutch, reading "Elsa en de wilde zwanen" (Elsa and the Wild Swans)

The fairy tale was first published on October 2, 1838, in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of his collection Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. First Booklet.