The Rose and The Ring is a satirical work of fiction written by William Makepeace Thackeray.

Set in the fictional countries of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, the story revolves around the lives and fortunes of four young royal cousins, Princesses Angelica and Rosalba, and Princes Bulbo and Giglio. 

Prince Giglio and Princess Angelica have been brought up together very closely, Princess Angelica being considered the most beautiful and wisest of any girl in the kingdom and Giglio being much overlooked in the household. Giglio, besotted with his cousin gave her a ring belonging to his mother, which, unknown to them, was gifted to her by the Blackstick and that held the power to make the wearer beautiful to everyone who beheld them. After an argument with Giglio, about the arrival of the long-awaited Prince Bulbo, Angelica throws the ring out of the window and can be seen for her own self.

Prince Bulbo, in his turn, possesses a magic rose, with the same power as the ring and coming from the same source of the Fairy Blackstick, though equally unaware of it, and upon his arrival causes Angelica to be madly in love with him.