The Snow Queen

by Hans Christian Anderson

One day, a diabolical troll made a mirror that showed everything beautiful as ugly and all that was good as evil. Delighted, the trolls decided to carry their mirror to heaven and mock the angels, but on the way the mirror shattered and pieces of the mirror spread across the world. This was how some became windows and others were made into spectacles, but the most unfortunate received tiny pieces in their eyes or in their heart, changing their life for ever. That is what happened to little Kay, to the great chagrin of his neighbour, Gerda, and this is how he crossed the path of the Snow Queen.-

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Childrens, Fairy Tales, Audiobook

49 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 27, 2019

About the author

See Hans Christian Andersen.

Anderson is a typo on some covers.

Reviews

[DivaDiane SM · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little disappointing. It was so filled with ramblings and tangents and the characters would say the oddest things. Almost nothing seemed to have any point. The whole chapter where Gerda asked flower after flower if they knew where Kay was and they all just told some random story instead. After about the 5the flower she said, you all are no use! But I will ask one more! Another random tale. What a surprise. Hah!
I did love how Gerda was the heroine and it was through the sheer force of her love that she set things right and released Kay from his enchantment. She had such perseverance.

But what in the world does this story have in common with the Disney movie Frozen?!? The ice castle?

[Jason Arbuckle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book 205 - Hans Christian Anderson - The Snow Queen

Well…this was terrifying…a demon has created a magic mirror that distorts the true heart of a person…it is is shattered and a piece of it falls into the eye of young Kai and another into his heart. This causes him to fall out with his sister and true hero of the story Gerda. He destroys their window garden and is horrible to his sister and grandmother. Neither know what is happening or why.

Kai is out playing one day with his sled and meets the Snow Queen …she kisses him once to warm him…kisses him twice to make him forget his family…a third will kill him but instead he is taken to her castle to live out his days.

What follows is a wonderfully twisted tale of a sister who doesn’t believe her brother is dead so she goes searching for him…so many trials and troubles …but she perseveres…showing family is stronger than anything evil can throw at it.

The ending is a proper punch the air moment…a real heart-warming (pardon the pun…you’ll know when you read it)…uplifting …cheers from the rafters moment

A wonderful quote from the Bible ends the story…a story about love and loss and about life and growing up. Believe…simply believe…

"Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 18:3).

[Candy B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stumbled across this classic in my search for books to read before my trip to Norway. It is loosely linked.

"While Frozen takes place in the fictional kingdom Arendelle, the kingdom was based on multiple locations in Norway. The team behind Frozen even visited Norway to gain inspiration, and you can see Nordic influence all throughout the movie. "

"Frozen is loosely based on a story called The Snow Queen. Both stories feature a snow queen, trolls, reindeer, frozen hearts, and snow creatures. However, the source material is an altogether darker story with a demon, a rather unfortunate magic mirror, and robbers. "


Checked out eAudiobook from library
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
Read by Katherine Kellgren in just a little over an hour
Unabridged which is 7 short sequential stories

Source FamilySearch - Where Does Frozen Take Place? 9 Ways Norway Inspired Arendelle
1. Arendelle’s Name and Architecture Come from Norway
2. Frozen and Norway Share Similar Landscapes and Scenery
3. The Music Has Nordic Influences
4. Norwegian Art Inspired Frozen’s Spellbinding Design
5. The Fashion in Frozen Is Nordic
6. Even the Frozen Trolls Are Influenced by Nordic Mythology
7. Both Norway and Frozen Love Reindeers
8. The Story That Inspired Frozen Is Scandinavian


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[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a weird short story. A demon creates a mirror that shows good as bad and bad as good. It breaks into shards, and one shard finds its way into the eye and heart of a little boy, Kay. He inadvertently runs off with the evil Snow Queen who he sees as beautiful, who takes him to her castle in Lapland. Why? Not sure. To be his “boy toy”? Meanwhile, Kay’s friend, Gerda, starts off to find him. She has various adventures with a “witch” in an enchanted flower garden, a talking crow, a robber girl that threatens her reindeer with a knife for fun, and two friendly women (probably also witches) that help Gerda ultimately find Kay. Gerda is pure of heart so melts the shard in his heart and eye. He see that he as been captured, and they both return home. Kay and Gerda discover they are now grown.

The story is about the loss of childhood innocence to adult skepticism and cynicism.

[Amelia Bujar · Rating 1 out of 5]

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This one was really not for me. Maybe reading children stories as an adult isn’t the best thing to do for some people.

I personally found this story to be very boring and uninteresting. I really had hard time reading it because I just couldn’t get into the story.

The story is pretty quick read, but that’s the only good thing about this story for me personally.

The writing style in this one was very generic which every fairytale has.

[Tristan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was such a bizarre tale. It hardly includes the Snow Queen. If you are expecting something similar to Frozen, which is supposedly inspired by The Snow Queen, you'll be disappointed. This is just a silly, fairy tale for younger readers. There is a religious aspect to the tale.

The story wasn't bad. It's similar to other fairy tales from the time period, I've just seen so much beautiful art of the snow queen herself, and that's just such a very minute part of the story. This is about two children and their adventures.

[Perla K. Cariño · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't aware that this was some of the inspiration behind The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe. It was fairly light reading, but I found the most interest in the scene with the flowers. The personalities & stories behind each of the flowers and the search for proof of death among them created a bilateral whimsy to me.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think of Hans Christian Andersen as the cleaned up, sanitized version of fairy tales, but this was less cleaned up and sanitized than I bargained for. It was philosophical about the nature of good and evil, hopeful about redemption, but much darker than I expected. If you’re looking for “Frozen,” here, you won’t find it.

[Roxanne Jensen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bore...

[Roxanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a child, this was in a book of stories my parents would read from. Of all the stories, this was my favorite. I am not sure why I loved it so much, but reading it again brought the same joy.

[Earth&Silver · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming, evocative, classic. It was my first Hero's Quest with a heroine, and it still holds up well.

[Christina Gutke · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a strange story. Just out there enough to appreciate it.

[McKenzie Rollins · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a thought provoking tale. One that I will read again to try and understand what Anderson was trying to teach.

[Ashlyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really didn’t like this. I didn’t know what to expect going in but it felt like I didn’t learn anything about the Snow Queen really. I feel like there was a lot of rambling, but no real substance. I’m glad I read it, though, as it is a classic fairytale.