The Yellow Dwarf

A widowed queen spoiled her only daughter, who was so beautiful that kings vied for the honor of her hand, not believing they could attain it.

She accepted, but when the dwarf showed the miserable home in which her daughter would live, she grew quite ill.

Back at the castle, she fell quite ill and agreed to marry the King of the Gold Mines.

The tale was one of many from d'Aulnoy's pen to be adapted to the stage by James Planché, as part of his Fairy Extravaganza.

[4][5] Mary Diana Dods wrote a version of the story for her book Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful (1825).