
The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland
In a realm where fairy folk still flit among the ferns and elves slip through garden gates, a king and queen find their palace bright but empty. Their love is deep, yet the throne lacks an heir, and the queen whispers wishes for even the tiniest child. One weary afternoon, while the king paces his gardens, a mischievous dwarf in a red cap appears, offering a promise that could fill the royal void—if only the monarch will give him something called “niente.”
The king, baffled but desperate, agrees, and the dwarf vanishes on his green‑spurred frog, leaving the court buzzing with curiosity. Soon after, the kingdom is drawn into a strange war between ghosts and giants, pulling the king away for a long campaign. When he finally returns, the palace bells ring with news that the queen has indeed given birth—a baby princess, delicate and unexpected, who will grow up under the watchful eyes of both mortal and magical realms.
Language
en
Duration
~28 minutes (27K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project and by scans courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison.)
Release date
Jul 10, 2016
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1844–1912
A wide-ranging Scottish man of letters, Andrew Lang moved effortlessly between poetry, criticism, anthropology, mythology, and folklore. He is best remembered for the twelve color fairy books that introduced generations of readers to stories gathered from around the world.
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