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The Snow Queen
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The Snow Queen is a work authored by Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published on December 21, 1844. The text has a character count of 8,485.
According to Open Library records, the work has 51 editions, with a first publish date listed as 1960. The subject is referenced by 403 other encyclopedia articles. Information about the work is also available through a research resource dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen’s life and works.
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Book · Open Library
- Author
- Hans Christian Andersen
- First published
- 1960
- Editions
- 51
- Subjects
- Children's audiobooks, Children's literature, Children's stories, Danish, Fairy tales, Translations into English, Translations into Russian, Juvenile fiction, Animals
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Hans Christian Andersen : The Snow Queen
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Encyclopedic overview
"The Snow Queen" (Danish: Snedronningen) is an 1844 original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection (Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling). The story centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kai. The Snow Queen is written in a novel-styled narrative and divided into seven chapters, unlike Andersen's other stories.
The story is one of Andersen's longest and most highly acclaimed stories. It is regularly included in selected tales and collections of his work and is frequently reprinted in illustrated storybook editions for children.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Snow Queen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.