The Snow Queen in Into the Forest

Dec 19, 2008 Danielle The Book Huntress rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fairy-tale-collection, winter-cold-setting, reread, kindle-book, children-s-classics, short-story, friendship, love-never-dies, illustrated-novel, absolute-favorites

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 ...more

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Dec 17, 2015 Melanti rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, fairy-tales-folklore-and-mythology, classics, e-book, children, 2015, short-story-novella, whispersync

I read this once, many years ago, but had mostly forgotten it by the time I re-read it last year as part of a HCA anthology.

I MUCH prefer reading HCA one story at a time, I think. More than that and his heavy Christian overtones become obnoxious rather than quaint.

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May 02, 2014 Katy rated it liked it

Had never read before the story The Snow Queen by HCA. Trying to get acquainted with some fairy tales that I had not read as a child.

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Feb 07, 2010 Angela Randall marked it as to-read

Shelves: free-ebook, second-hand-bookshop-wishlist, kids, myth-folklore-fable-religion, kids-picture-book, kids-educational-material, kids-3plus, kids-5plus, classics, 19th-century

Project Gutenberg has a free ebook and audiobook of a Hans Christian Andersen book with 18 fairy tales in it.

These are the stories in the Project Gutenberg files:
-- The emperor's new clothes
-- The swineherd
-- The real princess
-- The shoes of fortune
-- The fir tree
-- The snow queen
-- The leap-frog
-- The elderbush
-- The bell
-- The old house
-- The happy family
-- The story of a mother
-- The false collar
-- The shadow
-- The little match girl
-- The dream of little Tuk
-- The naughty bo ...more

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