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32 pages, Hardcover

First published December 21, 1844

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Hans Christian Andersen

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Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. Andersen) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories 鈥� called eventyr, or "fairy-tales" 鈥� express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.

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Profile Image for Anne.
4,620 reviews70.7k followers
April 8, 2024
Let it go. Let it goooo.
fabulous jazz hands

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No. Seriously. Let it go.
This wasn't very good.

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This was Lord of the Rings for children.
As in, there is a lot of wandering and questing and inconsequential conversations.
And maybe some of this stuff - bonding over flower pots, singing a religious song over and over, meeting quasi-dickish robber girls, getting kidnapped by a (fairly nice) sorceress who wants to keep you as her child, breaking into a random prince & princess's bedroom, flowers who sing you their life story, and accidentally getting carried off by a snow vampire - meant something to readers back in the day.
I don't know.
But what I do know is that none of it translated into a coherent story for me as a present-day reader.

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This nice normal kid looks up one day and a sliver of demon glass falls out of the sky and gets stuck in his eye. Now he's mean to the little girl who is his BFF. <--and everyone else, he's not picky!
And because he's currently a dick, he hitches his sled to a big carriage in the hopes of a free ride around town- wheeeee!
Unfortunately for him, the big-ass carriage belongs to an evil ice queen. She gives zero fucks and just takes right off with him into the woods. As if that weren't bad enough, she snuggles with him and sucks out all of his warmth, and makes him forget his friends and family.

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The little girl (because she's annoyingly sweet) goes on the aforementioned quest to save her buddy, wanders all over the land, and still survives, in a way that only children in fairytales can do.
WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS, KID?!

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In a startling turn of events, love saves the day and melts his heart of ice.
Dawww.
The two demon glass-free kids return home and realize that they are now both grown-ups.
WHAT?

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Skip it and re-watch Frozen.

The audiobook version I listened to was by Dreamscape Media, LLC and read by Erin Yuen.
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Author听3 books51k followers
December 31, 2020
This was actually my first time reading this story (I don't know how!). I didn't enjoy it as much as other fairy tales I've read, but still think it's worth a read... The story is about little Gerda who embarks on a long and whimsical adventure to bring her best friend Kai home. Gerda's commitment is so lovely to read about, and also the kindness which everyone shows to her on the way (especially the little robber girl!).

Also, just a side note, but there's something wonderful about the logic of children's stories -- they make so little sense and yet, as a child, they make perfect sense to you!
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2,294 reviews479 followers
January 18, 2019
This is a favourite winter read of my favourite childhood fairy tale. The story starts with Kay and Gerda pressing hot pennies against the ice on the inside of their windows to see out and there's a full page illustration of this. There is a double page illustration of the snow queen taking Kay away, the sledge pulled by a dapple grey horse accompanied by ice chickens and the world below looking like a scene from a Bruegel painting. The chapter of the little robber girl is accompanied by a beautiful picture of Gerda escaping on the reindeer, a part of the story I am always thankful that the poor reindeer escapes. At the end of the story there is a scene which captured my imagination as a child, the planks that bridge between Kay and Gerda's attic bedrooms with their window boxes of roses, what child wouldn't love one of these to their friend's house! I would be very surprised if there were a nicer version of this story. Nicky Raven's retelling is superb and Vladyslav Yerko's illustrations are breath taking, so detailed, inventive, magical and perfect for this story.
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2,253 reviews1,174 followers
June 15, 2016
This was one of my favorite stories as a very young child.

I hadn't re-read this short tale in many many years. My thoughts upon rereading:

Well, it's more sentimental than I remembered, and the tone, especially at the beginning, is almost verging on patronizing in the way it addresses the (presumably young) reader/listener. As a child, I don't think I picked up on that at all. It's also more overtly Christian/religious than I remembered. (I've noticed that about a good number of the 19th-century children's tales that I've re-read, George MacDonald for example, and Howard Pyle.) I think as a kid I just tuned that stuff out, but took it for granted.

The imagery: still so beautiful! The shards of glass, the snowflakes, the roses... This is why the story has endured so long. It is simply gorgeous.

As a child, I perceived Andersen's Snow Queen as the same character as Jadis, the White Witch, in CS Lewis' 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.' As an adult, well, yeah, it is definitely the same character. Lewis took her, whole cloth, and her sleigh too....

Vivid memory - this story was the first time I'd ever heard of "Lapland," and it seemed like such a fantastic land. Interesting to realize that this portrayal of northern Finland was probably much more 'realistic' & contemporary (if remote) to children reading the story when it was first published, and people there still did depend on reindeer and travel by sleigh...

The robber girl!!!! How on earth did I ever forget about her! Her practical and self-interested, but not quite 'bad' character is simply amazing.

I've seen modern criticism of 'The Snow Queen' accusing it of being an apologist tale for domestic abuse, encouraging women to pursue relationships with men who mistreat them. It is possible to read the Snow Queen as the homewrecker, and Gerda as the good wife who must faithfully pursue her errant husband, represented by Kay, but I don't think Andersen intended that, or that the story actually is that. I think it's more likely that Andersen intended another possible reading: that of a Christian allegory, where both Gerda and Kay are, at times, led astray and forget what is right (Kay due to the shard of glass; Gerda due to the witch's enchantment), but eventually find their way back to the Faith & redemption and live in innocence and purity. However, I personally like the simplest and most direct reading: that the story is what it says it is, a narrative of bravery and friendship. That the enchantment on Kay is real, and not his fault, and that Gerda's dedication to her quest, and her achievement, is admirable.

I think that one of Andersen's main intentions here is, clearly, to show women as brave, capable, and self-sufficient. Throughout the story, they keep appearing: First, of course, there's Gerda and her quest to rescue her friend. But there's also the childrens' grandmothers, who are more vivid characters than the childrens' parents; the witch, who keeps her cottage all on her own; the princess, who had no intention of marrying until she met a man who appreciated her intellect; the knife-wielding bandit girl, whose mother seems to be the leader of the robbers; & the Lapp woman, who gives Gerda help & directions on her quest, to meet a Finnish wise woman. Of course, the Snow Queen herself wields her power alone...

The biggest takeaway I believe I had from this story, though, is from the very beginning. The imp's twisted mirror which shows everything as ugly and rotten, and its shard of glass that, in someone's eye does the same, took hold for me in the idea that the world is the world, but that how we look at it can be an option. We can focus on the mean and the corrupt in all things - or we can look for the beauty and the redeeming qualities of the world. It is up to us. (We don't have to see everything as boiled spinach.) ;-)

Many thanks to NetGalley and Pushkin for the opportunity to revisit this tale. As always, my opinions are solely my own.

Of course, differences in editions of a classic tale like this largely come down to the illustrations. So far, it looks like Amazon Japan has a couple of previews of the images from this edition, while other sites don't:

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4,416 reviews35.6k followers
February 3, 2015
3 stars

I picked up The Snow Queen because I'm trying to fit in a few more Christmas reads and I got it free from audible. The narration was good, but the story was just okay for me. I know a lot of people love this story and read it as children... this was my first read through. It was only about an hour to listen. I liked it, but compared to my last holiday audible listen it just missed the mark for me.
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810 reviews220 followers
April 23, 2021
鈽� one very bewildered star

So this is awkward. I was not expecting to be religious. Spoiler alert: this is a *very* Christian fairy tale.

The genres listed on the main 欧宝娱乐 page for the book made no mention of anything religious, just simply "fairy tale", "fantasy", "classic", "fiction" and the like. When recommended to me, it was supposed to be the children's fairy tale that inspired a Disney movie -- a winter story of friendship and love, not The Gospel According to Andersen.

I found hard to follow, rambling, nonsensical and manipulative.
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3,823 reviews724 followers
August 18, 2022
After having finished Graham Masterton's superb novel Spirit I had to read the blueprint again many years after having read it in childhood. I enjoyed this fairy tale of Gerda looking for Kay and finally being able to release him from The Snow Queen with a little help of some friends (interesting characters she meets on her way). The frame story with the hour glass and the demon was absolutely outstanding. The inset episodes were a bit too fairy like for my taste but had a good shot of horror inside. To be honest I enjoyed Graham Masterton's novel Spirit and what he made of Andersen's tale (no simple retelling but a very demanding horror novel) a bit more. Nevertheless a groundbreaking fairy tale even for modern readers.
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1,098 reviews2,253 followers
February 7, 2017
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1,937 reviews592 followers
March 27, 2015
This was a nice story. I hope to listen to it again in one sitting. I think I may have lost some of the story with all of the stopping and starting I did.

I still don't feel compelled to watch Frozen after listening to this story.


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272 reviews227 followers
March 13, 2025
鈥淎ll right! Now let鈥檚 begin. When we reach the end of the story, we鈥檒l know more than we know now, because there was an evil troll.鈥� What modern writer would dare write an opening like that, with that spectacularly misused鈥攊ndeed, very nearly ungrammatical鈥斺€渂ecause.鈥� Don鈥檛 expect because to mean what it usually means, Anderson declares. Leave your conjunction expectations behind. There鈥檚 more to my ands and buts than meets the eye.

It鈥檚 more Christian allegory than proper fairy tale (and more than , if I were to situate Anderson amongst his contemporaries). But reading this story was like dreaming a lovely dream.
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2,739 reviews6,546 followers
September 17, 2015
This is my favorite fairy tale, hands down. If I'm honest, I'm such a huge fan of snow and cold weather. The idea of snow becoming personified makes a lot of sense, because winter does seem to have a life of its own. I love in Texas, and we don't get much winter, but I grew up with it. I miss it so much! Reading this book makes me long for a good winter.

Along with the evocative imagery of winter, there is a very emotional and spiritual love story. Kay and Gerda share a strong emotional bond, but that bond is damaged by Kay's infection with the slivers from the shattered evil mirror. His eye and his heart are pricked, and it changes the way he sees the world, and makes his loving heart grow cold towards poor Gerda. But Gerda doesn't give up on him. When the Snow Queen steals away Kay, she goes searching for him, going on quite an odyssey and meeting some very unusual people along the way. But she never gives up on him.

The lesson of sacrificial love never gets old. That kind of love can melt the fiercest frozen heart and claim back those who are lost. I loved rereading this, and the illustrations I had in my version was a lovely adjunct.

If one has not ever read this book, I highly recommend it. It's available as a free ebook as part of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tale collection.
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1,247 reviews1,387 followers
December 22, 2014
3.5 Stars

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen was a beautiful story.
I listened to this one on audio while wrapping Christmas presents in front of the fire.
What great company this little book was.
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1,383 reviews1,485 followers
January 3, 2025
I remember being bored when I read this story as a child, and reading it again now, nothing has really changed for me. The Snow Queen starts out interestingly enough, and the imagery throughout is good, but as for the actual storyline... It is very long and discursive, and as in many fairy tales, the events seem very random, and the reader tends to lose the main thread. It is the sort of story which could make a marvellous stage production, with all its imaginative possibilities, or a film or TV adaptation - as indeed it has, many times over the years. There are also many beautifully illustrated versions of the tale.

The Snow Queen, or "Snedronningen", by Hans Christian Andersen, is one of his longest original fairy tales, which was first published in 1844. At its core it is about the struggle between good and evil as experienced by two children, a girl, Gerda and her friend, a boy, Kay. It is told in seven parts, or chapters:

1. The Mirror and the Splinters
2. A Little Boy and a Little Girl
3. The Old Woman's Flower Garden
4. A Prince and a Princess
5. The Little Robber Girl
6. The Lapp Woman and the Finn Woman
7. What Happened at the Snow Queen's Palace and What Happened After That


The first part starts in Hans Christian Andersen's delightfully chatty way,

"Listen! This is the beginning. And when we get to the end we shall know more than we do now."

The storyteller tells of an evil troll, called "The Devil", who made a magic mirror which distorted the appearance of everything it reflected. It would never reflect the good and beautiful aspects of people and things, but instead magnify their bad and ugly aspects. "The Devil" thinks this is a great joke. He is the headmaster at a school for demons, who all decide to carry the mirror into heaven with the idea of making fun of the angels and God,



But,

"the mirror shook and grinned, and grinned and shook" until eventually all the demons dropped it, and it broke into "a million billion splinters", some no bigger than a grain of sand.

These glass splinters "blew everywhere, getting into people's eyes, and making them see everything ugly and twisted. Some splinters even got into people's hearts and that was awful, because their hearts became like blocks of ice."

The first part is quite a short chapter, explaining the underlying moral thread which is to run throughout the story. The next chapter introduces the two characters, the little boy Kay, and the little girl Gerda. They live next door to each other in a large city, in the garrets of buildings which have adjoining roofs. They play among the window boxes there, which are full of herbs and roses. It was easy to get from Gerda's to Kay's home, just by stepping over the gutters of each building. The two become great friends.



Kay's grandmother tells them stories about the Snow Queen, who is ruler over the "snow bees" 鈥� snowflakes that look like bees. Just as bees have a queen, so do the snow bees. So wherever the snowflakes clustered the most, there you would find the Snow Queen. Looking out of his frosted window one winter's day, Kay sees the Snow Queen, who beckons to him to come with her. Kay is frightened and draws back from the window.

The days pass and there is a thaw. But one day in Spring, something happens,

"Oh! What's that pain in my heart! And oh! What's that in my eye?"

Even though the child blinks and thinks it has gone, we can tell from their behaviour that one of the glass splinters from the evil troll, "The Devil"'s mirror has become lodged. The child becomes cruel and aggressive, and the other cannot understand the change in their friend, who teased them, "kicked the window box, and tore off the rose blooms", made fun of the kind grandmother, and did all sorts of horrid things. Everything seemed distorted and ugly to this enchanted child now, and the only interesting and beautiful things, are the tiny snowflakes to be seen through a magnifying glass.

While Kay and Gerda are playing with their sleds in the snow, the Snow Queen appears as a woman in a white fur coat, driving a curious white sleigh carriage. The enchanted child is tempted to go back with the Snow Queen to their palace.

If this is all beginning to sound familar to you, perhaps it reminds you of C.S. Lewis. The first part of this story, with the adjoining garrets and crossing over the rooftops, was very reminiscent of the first (or prequel) Narnia story, "The Magician's Nephew" At the beginning of that story, the Victorian children are neighbours in a similar type of building, and this aspect is crucial to the story's plot. Then in a similar way, C.S. Lewis clearly took his inspiration for the witch "Jadis" Queen of Charn, (who called herself the "Queen of Narnia") from Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen. The first meeting between Jadis and one of the children in "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" is almost a rerun of Hans Christian Andersen's idea.

Just as C.S. Lewis's stories are clearly moral allegories, this earlier story is also a tale of good and evil. And all the subsequent story follows the child who is under the mirror's spell. It involves an evil sorceress, a clever crow, a pair of doves, a Prince and a Princess, a frightening robber girl, and a captive reindeer. There is a "Mirror of Reason", and a Chinese Puzzle. There is a beautiful flower garden, an old Finnish woman and an old Lapp woman. Throughout, the child is determined to rescue the friend, showing loyalty, great courage and tenacity. Eventually the children's adventures are over and the enchantment is dispersed by the power of love. Kay and Gerda make their way back to their home, to "the big city", where they find that everything is just the same, except that they themselves have grown through their experiences.

At the end, the grandmother reads a passage from the Bible,

"Except ye become as little children, ye shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven",

and Kay and Gerda realise that they were saved by their goodness and innocence. They will always remain children at heart.

This story was originally included in the same book of fairy stories as "The Nightingale" which was a tribrute to Jenny Lind. But in the meantime, Jenny Lind had spurned Hans Christian Andersen's affections. The author subsequently - and rather unfairly - modelled the Snow Queen on what he saw as her icy manner towards him. The Snow Queen is a story of high fantasy, and usually included in most anthologies including works by Hans Christian Andersen; it is considered one of his greatest stories. However it does not really capture my imagination. I am extremely glad though, that he inadvertently provided the inspiration for part of C.S. Lewis's Narnia Chronicles, which I do enjoy enormously.

"I can't give her any more power than she has within her. Don't you feel how strong that is? Humans and beasts are at her service as she makes her way through the wide world on her two bare feet. But she must not learn of her power from us. "

(The Finn woman talking to the reindeer)

Both illustrations are by Hans Christian Andersen's original illustrator, Vilhelm Pedersen
Profile Image for Ajeje Brazov.
898 reviews
August 9, 2020
La regina delle nevi 猫 una fiaba di Andersen dove i buoni sentimenti, che albergano in ognuno di noi, sconfiggono sempre il Male.
Racconto di una delicatezza rara e di una maestria narrativa, dove il lettore viene letteralmente catapultato nella storia e ne diventa il protagonista. Perch猫 cosa sono le fiabe, se non il percorso di crescita di ognuno di noi, piccoli o grandi che siamo?
Fanno sempre bene queste letture, sia da alternare ad altre pi霉 impegnative o strazianti, che ad altre magari pi霉 leggere. Perch猫 le fiabe/favole/racconti come questa, che ho appena letto, ti aprono la mente, ma soprattutto il cuore verso i sentimenti pi霉 intimi e reconditi, che dovrebbero essere la quotidianit脿 e cio猫 l'empatia, l'amore, in tutte le miriadi di sfaccettature possibili e l'amicizia!
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806 reviews549 followers
December 26, 2020
I'm actually collecting pop-up books whenever I can get my hands on one, so - knowing and loving Robert Sabuda's and Matthew Reinhart's work - my expectations are super high in that area.

But holy s*hit, The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen (pop up art by Yevgeniya Yeretskaya) totally blew me away.

Sure, Andersen's tale was shortened considerably to suit a children's pop up version of the story, but the powerful illustrations are absolutely magnificent, both as art pieces and as pop up sculptures.

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It is the story of Kai and Gerda, two children who are neighbors and love each other dearly, until one day a goblin breaks the devil's mirror and the shards are spread all over the world falling into people's eyes and hearts, making them sneer on all things beautiful and turning their hearts cold and merciless.

Kai is unlucky enough to get a shard in his eye and one in his heart. Turning away from his sweet friend Gerda, he becomes nasty and cold-hearted and one day even ties his sleigh to a horse-drawn cart, even though it is a dangerous game to play.

The cart, however, belongs to the equally cold-hearted Snow Queen and she takes handsome Kai away to live with her.

Gerda doesn't know what happened to her former friend when he suddenly disappeared in winter, but nature speaks to her, telling her that Kai is still alive.

Determined to find and rescue Kai, the little girl embarks on a dangerous journey that takes her higher and higher up north, until she can face the Snow Queen in her castle of ice and demand the release of her friend Kai.

A powerful tale of friendship and love that the Disney movie 'Frozen' is (veeeeeeeeery) loosely based on.

5 stars!!
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442 reviews5,705 followers
October 16, 2018
Lo he le铆do en otra edici贸n, una que acaba de publicar la editorial Edelvives y que no sale en goodreads:(
Debo decir que lo he amado. No conoc铆a la verdadera historia de La reina de las nieves y ha sido fascinante conocerla, y m谩s en una edici贸n tan preciosa como he tenido la oportunidad.
Un cuento m谩gico que todos deber铆ais leer, y sin duda, imprescindible para los m谩s peque帽os de la casa.
Profile Image for Wera.
467 reviews1,207 followers
February 7, 2025
4.25 stars


A fairytale that I have revisted time and time again. From when my mom first read it to me during cold winter nights as we were wrapped in blankets by the fire. The cartoon adaptation I watched on my grandma's cube tv in the countryside. To the beautiful stage production I saw we saw in downtown Warsaw a few years back. This is a story that resonates with me through and through.

I think it is beautiful and captures the imagination like not many others. The flowers, the ice, the river and the red shoes, the snow queen, the bandits, the deer running under the Northern's lights. I love it.
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1,962 reviews530 followers
December 18, 2017
Far more enjoyable than anticipated, though I think partly due to the wonderful geometric illustrations that accompanied the story.

It is a fairly simple story with basic imagery and not a particularly great translation (I find all translations to be rather dire and wish the babel fish only existed) but it was an enjoyable read due to its simplicity. It feels almost unique in that there are heart-warming notions but no in-your-face morals.

Characters and dialogue were vague and shaky at best, but one cannot deny the lovely imagery and inventiveness of the piece. Definitely better than The Fir Tree, which was the first and only thing I'd read from Andersen.



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Profile Image for Jesica Sabrina Canto.
Author听27 books389 followers
October 29, 2020
La historia es linda pero me parece demasiado resumida, creo que se podr铆a haber incluido un poco de descripci贸n y desarrollar algo mas a los personajes. Es un relato de peripecias con diferentes instancias, que, en mi opini贸n, al sintetizarlo tanto, pierde todo su potencial.
A mi parecer el hecho de que un cuento sea para ni帽os no significa que haya que simplificarlo en exceso.
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805 reviews139 followers
November 7, 2020
This a beautiful edition of the famous 鈥濼he Snow Queen鈥� by Hans Christian Andersen with illustrations by Sanna Annukka. I will not go into depth to describe the story as it鈥檚 already well known to many.

The reason why I bought this specific edition is Sanna Annukka. The illustrations are absolutely STUNNING and so beautiful to look at. Even though the book was published in 2015, it still feels modern und up-to-date with many details and colors to dream of. I love how the graphics and patterns work together to show a building or the snow queen herself. While using rather simple geometric symbols, Sanna Annukka succeeds to create a whole new world perfectly fitting to the setting of the story. While I can imagine that some might not like this art style because it鈥檚 not the usual fairy tale style, I really love a new approach to illustrate a well-known tale to create new, inspiring pictures.
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December 14, 2014
Well, I'm not gonna turn down an audible freebie now am I?

Their take:
The Snow Queen will be free until January 31, 2015.
Audible's 2014 Narrator of the Year
Julia Whelan performs one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales, The Snow Queen. This classic tale is a fantastical fable of two dear friends - one of whom goes astray and is literally lost to the north woods, while the other undertakes an epic journey to rescue him. This charming, strange, and wonderful story is a timeless allegory about growing up and the challenges of staying true to one's self, and it served as the wintry inspiration for the blockbuster hit Frozen.
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382 reviews585 followers
November 19, 2015
The Snow Queen was a free gift to audible members鈥ast winter. It鈥檚 been loaded on my app for quite some time without really catching my interest. I made the decision to read it when I started season 4 of Once Upon a Time.

The narration was really great and I enjoyed the story. I have never watched Frozen. I was worried about that for a while because it was the movie everyone was talking about it鈥� I had to let it go鈥�

No one?

Alright. Can鈥檛 blame me, can you?

Anyway, it鈥檚 worth a read. The story is there, the characters are great. I can鈥檛 say a lot because it鈥檚 so damn short. Mayhap even shorter than this review!


But, read it. Listen to it!
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1,559 reviews1,916 followers
June 13, 2015
Audible freebie (like everyone else). I listened to this one while trying, and failing, to take a nap. Stupid stuffyrunnysore nose. >_<

I did like the reading of this one. I think that Julia Whelan had the right kind of voice for this story, and handled all of the characters well. She gave them each their own personality but didn't overwhelm the character with cartoonish voices.

The story... well, it was a little innocently simplistic for me, and none of it really made any sense (why would a cruel little girl let someone go just because? She enjoys keeping things against their will, and yet all of a sudden, she's going to be altruistic?) but I guess it's a fairy tale, so sense is not what they are intended to be made of.

Still it was a quick little story, and it was free, so I can't complain.
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48 reviews
January 2, 2014
Disney's Frozen said it was based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen. That's what piqued my interest in this classic. So, after reading this, I can say fairly that Frozen is VERY loosely based. I found elements that contribute to the world and lore in which Elsa becomes the Snow Queen, but Hans's Snow Queen is less endearing. In short, I'll place the Snow Queen / Frozen comparison in the category of good book, great movie, but each in their own right.

Regarding edition, the Kindle ebook with this cover [The Snow Queen (Fairy eBooks) by Hans Christian Andersen, Marie-Michelle Joy and T. Pym... Published March 5, 2012] was a good version with illustrations for both e-ink Kindles and full color Kindle apps.
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4,516 reviews13k followers
November 27, 2017
In this retelling of a Hans Christian Andersen classic, two young children have their friendship torn apart when a curse befalls one of them and he disappears. The Snow Queen lures him away, off to do her bidding. When the young girl goes looking for her friend, she is pulled in many directions and ends up hitting a dead end on more than one occasion. However, determination and the power of her love breaks down a wall or two and thaws a frozen heart, which allows the truth to triumph over all. Neo liked the story, but felt that it went on and on and on, with little of actual excitement. Andersen classics are not to be trifled with, but even still, it seemed the point was held on ice, like much of the Snow Queen鈥檚 prisoners.
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763 reviews132 followers
December 24, 2015
Un relato muy corto que se lee en un suspiro. Pero es muy emotivo. La pega que le pongo es que se me ha hecho muy corto y me esperaba un final m谩s largo. La edici贸n de Vinces vives que me he le铆do ha sido preciosa. Sus ilustraciones son impresionantes.
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December 20, 2017
Very dark but interesting. My full review will be up on my booktube channel at
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1,636 reviews4 followers
March 9, 2022
I came across The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen while I was looking through the catalogue of fabulous narrator Katherine Kellgren. This one (and a few others) were included for free with my audible membership, so I snapped them up immediately.

I have adored Katherine Kellgren ever since I heard her delicious purr as Diane, Duchess Tremontaine and now I鈥檓 profoundly saddened to hear she has died of cancer back in 2018. Fortunately for us she lives on through her extensive library of over 300 audio books.

The Snow Queen (first published in 1844) is a classic fairy tale we all know well. To hear Katherine perform it with all her wonderful accents and voices is pure joy. Take 1 hour and 20 minutes of your time and be amazed.

Free with your Audible subscription.

5 Stars
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916 reviews498 followers
September 19, 2020
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖卮賴: "诏賵卮 讴賳! 丕蹖賳 丌睾丕夭 丕爻鬲. 賵 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 乇爻蹖丿蹖賲貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 丌賳趩賴 丕讴賳賵賳 賲蹖 丿丕賳蹖賲 禺賵丕賴蹖賲 丿丕賳爻鬲."
丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 丕賵賱 賲毓賱賵賲賴 賯乇丕乇賴 讴賱蹖 倬賳丿 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 賵 毓亘乇鬲 丌賲賵夭 讴賴 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 匕賴賳 賲禺丕胤亘 乇賵 賴丿賮 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘禺賵賳蹖賲( 亘卮賳賵蹖賲)貨 賵 禺亘 亘賳馗乇賲 鬲賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵丿讴丕賳 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 胤亘蹖毓蹖賴. [趩賵賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵丿讴丕賳賴 賵 鬲賵賯毓 讴賴 賳丿丕乇蹖賲 亘趩賴 ( 賳賵噩賵丕賳) 丕爻鬲毓丕乇賴 乇賵 鬲卮禺蹖氐 亘丿賴 賵 丕夭 賲孬賱丕 丌蹖賳賴 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 鬲賵蹖 賯氐賴 亘賴 蹖讴 鬲毓亘蹖乇 賮乇丕賲鬲賳蹖 亘乇爻賴. {胤亘賯 賳馗乇蹖賴 卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 倬蹖丕夭賴貙 亘趩賴 賴丕 賯亘賱 郾郾 爻丕賱诏蹖 丕爻鬲毓丕乇賴 乇賵 丿乇讴 賳賲蹖讴賳賳 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲丕 郾鄱 爻丕賱诏蹖 胤賵賱 賲蹖讴卮賴. }]
賴賲賵賳 丕賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 丌賯丕蹖 丕賳丿乇爻賵賳 蹖讴 鬲乇賵賱 卮蹖胤丕賳蹖 賵丕乇丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖讴賳賴 讴賴 鬲賳賴丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賲賳賮蹖 賯氐賴鈥屫ж� 賵 丕夭 賯囟丕 丕爻賲卮 賴賲 "卮蹖胤丕賳" 毓賴. 丕蹖賳噩賵乇蹖 讴賴 蹖讴 乇賵夭 貙 賵賯鬲蹖 卮蹖胤丕賳 丨爻 賲蹖讴乇丿 禺蹖賱蹖 賲賵噩賵丿 亘丕丨丕賱 賵 胤賳丕夭蹖賴 貙 丌蹖賳賴 禺丕氐蹖 亘丕 賵蹖跇诏蹖 賴丕蹖 噩丕丿賵蹖蹖 爻丕禺鬲. 丌蹖賳賴 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲賵 鬲丨乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴乇丿. 蹖毓賳蹖 賴賲賴 丌賳趩賴 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 丿賳蹖丕 禺賵亘 賵 夭蹖亘丕 亘賵丿 乇賵 亘賴 亘丿 賵 夭卮鬲 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖讴乇丿 賵 賴乇诏夭 噩賳亘賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵亘 丕賮乇丕丿 賵 趩蹖夭賴丕 乇賵 賲賳毓讴爻 賳賲蹖讴乇丿貙 丿乇 毓賵囟 噩賳亘賴 賴丕蹖 夭卮鬲 丕賵賳賴丕 乇賵 亘夭乇诏賳賲丕卅蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿. 丕噩賳賴 - 丿丕賳卮 丌賲賵夭丕賳 卮蹖胤丕賳 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賳 禺蹖賱蹖 卮賵禺蹖 噩匕丕亘蹖賴 讴賴 亘丕 丌蹖賳賴貙 賮乇卮鬲賴鈥屬囏й� 亘賴卮鬲 乇賵 丿爻鬲 亘賳丿丕夭賳貙 倬爻 爻毓蹖 讴乇丿賳 丌蹖賳賴 亘賴 亘睾賱 亘賴 亘賴卮鬲 鈥嬧€嬞矩辟堌ж� 讴賳賳. 丌蹖賳賴 丕夭 賮讴乇 丕蹖賳 卮賵禺蹖 禺賳丿蹖丿 賵 賱乇夭蹖丿( 亘乇毓讴爻 毓賲賱 賲蹖讴乇丿 丿蹖诏賴) 趩賳丕賳 禺賳丿蹖丿 讴賴 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丕噩賳賴 賱睾夭蹖丿 賵 亘丕 亘乇禺賵乇丿 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 貙 亘賴 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳 賴丕 賲蹖賱蹖丕乇丿賴丕 賯胤毓賴 賯胤毓賴鈥屰� 禺乇丿 卮丿賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿. 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 賯胤毓丕鬲 丌賳賯丿乇 讴賵趩讴 亘賵丿賳 讴賴 賲孬賱 丿賵賳賴鈥屬囏й� 卮賳 丿乇 爻乇丕爻乇 丿賳蹖丕 倬禺卮 卮丿賳 賵 賴乇 亘丕乇 讴賴 丿丕禺賱 趩卮賲 讴爻蹖 賮乇賵 賲蹖乇賮鬲賳貙 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖 卮丿賳 讴賴 丕賵賳 卮禺氐 賮賯胤 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 倬賱蹖丿 賵 亘丿 乇賵 亘亘蹖賳賴 . 丨鬲蹖 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 丕賵賳 賯胤毓丕鬲 賵丕乇丿 賯賱亘 賲乇丿賲 賲蹖卮丿賳 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿蹖诏賴 禺蹖賱蹖 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴 亘賵丿 趩賵賳 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮丿 賯賱亘 丕賵賳賴丕 賲孬賱 蹖禺 爻乇丿 亘卮賴 賵 丕丨爻丕爻卮賵賳 亘賲蹖乇賴.( 蹖丕丿 讴丿賵賲 丕賳蹖賲蹖卮賳 丕賮鬲丕丿蹖賳責)
丕蹖賳 丿賯蹖賯丕 趩蹖夭蹖賴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 "讴丕蹖" 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿. 讴丕蹖 倬爻乇 讴賵趩讴蹖 亘賵丿 亘丕 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 丿賵爻鬲卮 "诏乇丿丕" 賴賲爻丕蹖賴 亘賵丿賳 賵 賴賲蹖卮賴 亘丕賴賲 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿賳 賵 賲孬賱 禺賵丕賴乇 賵 亘乇丕丿乇 亘賴 賴賲 毓賱丕賯賴 丿丕卮鬲賳.禺賱丕氐賴 趩賳丿 賵賯鬲 倬爻 丕夭 賮乇賵 乇賮鬲賳 丌蹖賳賴 亘賴 趩卮賲 賵 賯賱亘 讴丕蹖 讴賴 亘丕毓孬 卮丿 倬爻乇 亘丿丕禺賱丕賯 賵 爻賳诏丿賱蹖 亘卮賴貙 賲賱讴賴 亘乇賮蹖 丌賲丿 賵 丕賵賳賵 亘丕 禺賵丿卮 亘乇丿.( 賲賱讴賴 亘乇賮蹖 賵丕賯毓丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 亘丿蹖 賳丿丕乇賴貙 丕賵賳賲 賮賯胤 丿賱卮 蹖賴 丿賵爻鬲 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕丨爻丕爻 賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴 賵 賮賯胤 賲賳胤賯蹖 亘丕卮賴. 丌丿賲賵 丕夭 噩賴丕鬲蹖 蹖丕丿 賲賱讴賴 亘乇賮蹖 賳丕乇賳蹖丕 賲蹖賳丿丕夭賴) 賴賲賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳 讴賴 讴丕蹖 诏賲 卮丿賴 蹖丕 賲購乇丿賴貙 賴賲賴 亘噩夭 诏乇丿丕. 诏乇丿丕 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳 讴丕蹖 蹖賴 爻賮乇 丕丿蹖爻賴 賵丕乇 乇賵 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖讴賳賴貙 亘賴 賲讴丕賳 賴丕蹖 禺胤乇賳丕讴 爻賮乇 賲蹖 讴賳賴 賵 亘丕 賲乇丿賲 賲禺鬲賱賮蹖 亘乇禺賵乇丿 賲蹖讴賳賴 讴賴 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 禺賵亘 賵 亘丿 乇賵 亘乇丕卮 乇賯賲 賲蹖夭賳賳. 丕賲丕 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 丕賵賳 丕夭 賴賲賴 賲禺賲氐賴 賴丕 賳噩丕鬲 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 丿丕丿丕丿丕丿丕... 賲蹖乇爻賴 亘賴 賯氐乇 賲賱讴賴 亘乇賮蹖貙 讴丕蹖 乇賵 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 诏乇賲丕蹖 毓卮賯 诏乇丿丕 蹖禺 賯賱亘 讴丕蹖 乇賵 匕賵亘 賲蹖讴賳賴 貙 丕賵賳賲 蹖丕丿 讴丕乇丕蹖 亘丿卮 賲蹖賵賮鬲賴 賵 丿賱鬲賳诏 乇賵爻鬲丕 賲蹖卮賴 賵 賯胤乇賴 賴丕蹖 丕卮讴蹖 讴賴 丕夭 趩卮賲卮 噩丕乇蹖 賲蹖卮賳 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 丕賵賳 丌蹖賳賴 丿丕禺賱 趩卮賲卮 賴賲 禺丕乇噩 亘卮賴 賵 亘乇诏乇丿賴 亘賴 丨丕賱鬲 毓丕丿蹖卮.
" 賲賱讴賴 亘乇賮蹖 " 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丿賵爻鬲蹖賴貙 禺丕賱氐 鬲乇蹖賳 賳賵毓 毓卮賯貙 賵 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 賲毓氐賵賲蹖鬲 讴賵丿讴丕賳. 丿乇 鬲賲丕賲 胤賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 诏乇丿丕 亘賴 卮讴賱 禺爻鬲诏蹖 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 丿賵爻鬲卮 賲蹖诏乇丿賴 賵 鬲賱丕卮 賲蹖讴賳賴 賳噩丕鬲卮 亘丿賴. 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 乇丕賴 卮賴丕賲鬲 賵 爻乇爻禺鬲蹖 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴 . 鬲丕 丕賵賳噩丕 讴賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖讴賳賴 亘賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 亘丕卮讴賵賴蹖 丕夭 賵賮丕丿丕乇蹖 賵 毓卮賯. 丕賵賳賴丕 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 禺賵賳賴 禺賵丿卮賵賳 亘乇賲蹖诏乇丿賳貙 丿蹖诏賴 丿賵鬲丕 亘趩賴 賳蹖爻鬲賳. 趩賵賳 亘丕 鬲噩乇亘賴 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿賳 乇卮丿 讴乇丿賳 賵 鬲亘丿蹖賱 亘賴 丿賵鬲丕 丕丿賲 亘丕賱睾 卮丿賳.
丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳胤賵乇蹖 鬲賲丕賲 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 賲丕丿乇亘夭乇诏 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 賲賯丿爻 乇賵 賲蹖 禺賵賳賴 讴賴 賲蹖诏賴: " 賴乇 丌蹖賳賴 亘賴 卮賲丕 賲蹖诏賵蹖賲貙 鬲丕 亘丕夭 賳诏乇丿蹖丿 賵 賲孬賱 丕蹖賳 讴賵丿讴丕賳 賳卮賵蹖丿貙 卮賲丕 乇丕 亘賴 賯賱賲乇賵 丌爻賲丕賳 乇丕賴蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 ."
蹖毓賳蹖 乇丕夭 賲賵賮賯蹖鬲 诏乇丿丕( 賵 賴賲賴 丕賳爻丕賳賴丕)貙 賯賱亘 倬丕讴 賵 賲毓氐賵賲蹖鬲 讴賵丿讴丕賳賴鈥屫� 亘賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲賳賴丕 讴賱蹖丿 乇爻鬲诏丕乇蹖賴.
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丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺蹖賱蹖 倬乇賲賮賴賵賲賴貙 丕丿賲 亘丕賵乇卮 賳賲蹖卮賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 氐丿 爻丕賱 賯亘賱 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 亘丕卮賴 丕夭 亘爻 賲賮丕賴蹖賲卮 亘賴 乇賵夭賴. 賵丕賯毓丕 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿卮 賲蹖讴賳賲. 鬲賵蹖 賮蹖丿蹖亘賵 賴賲 氐賵鬲蹖卮 賴爻鬲. 賴乇趩蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 " 丿禺鬲乇 讴亘乇蹖鬲 賮乇賵卮 " 鬲乇爻賳丕讴賴 賵 禺賵賳丿賳卮 賲氐丿丕賯 讴賵丿讴 丌夭丕乇蹖賴貙 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賲丕賳鬲蹖讴 賵 賱胤蹖賮賴. 亘禺賵賳蹖丿 丿蹖诏賴 丌賯丕.
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