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Key facts
- Original title
- Nattergalen
- Country
- Denmark
- Language
- Danish
- Genre
- Literary fairy tale
- Published in
- New Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection ( Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling )
- Publication type
- Fairy tale collection
- Publisher
- C.A. Reitzel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre
- fairy tale
- Country of origin
- Denmark
- Image
- Stories from Hans Andersen - Edmund Dulac color plate at page 089.jpg
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- title
- Nattergalen
- language of work or name
- Danish
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- Commons category
- Nightingale (fairy tale)
- publication date
- 1843-11-11
- copyright status
- public domain
- inspired by
- Tivoli Gardens
- form of creative work
- short story
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Encyclopedic overview
"The Nightingale" (Danish: Nattergalen) is a literary fairy tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, published in 1843. Set in imperial China, the story recounts the friendship between the Emperor of China and a nightingale.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Nightingale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.