The Snowman (fairy tale)
Fairy tale by Andersen
"The Snowman" | ||
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Short story by Hans Christian Andersen | ||
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The
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July 1860 |
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Original title | Sneemanden | |
Country | Denmark | |
Language | Danish | |
Genre(s) | Literary fairy tale | |
Publication | ||
Published in | New Fairy Tales and Stories. Second Series. First Collection. 1861. (Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Række. Første Samling. 1861.) | |
Publication type | Fairy tale collection | |
Publisher | C.A. Reitzel | |
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Publication date | 2 March 1861 | |
Chronology | ||
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For the Raymond Briggs book, see
The Snowman
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" The Snowman " ( Danish : Sneemanden ) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a snowman who falls in love with a stove. [1] It was published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen as Sneemanden on 2 March 1861. [2] Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager describes the tale as a lyrical and poignant complement to Andersen's " The Fir-Tree " of December 1844. [3]
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References
- Footnotes
- ↑ Wullschlager 2002 , p. 378
- ↑ Nye Eventyr 1861
- ↑ Wullschlager 2002 , pp. 378–379
- Works cited
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Nunnally, Tiina (Transl.); Wullschlager, Jackie (Ed.) (2005) [2004], Fairy Tales , New York: Viking Press ( Penguin Books ), ISBN 0-670-03377-4
- Andersen, Jens; Nunnally, Tiina (Transl.) (2005) [2003], Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life , New York, Woodstock, and London: Overlook Duckworth, ISBN 1-58567-737-X
- Eckstein, Bob (2007), The History of the Snowman , New York: Simon & Schuster , ISBN 978-1-4169-4066-1
- Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Række. Første Samling. 1861. , Hans Christian Andersen Center , retrieved 2009-06-15
- Prince, Alison (1998), Hans Christian Andersen: The Fan Dancer , London: Allison & Busby, ISBN 0-7490-0478-9
- Wullschlager, Jackie (2002) [2000], Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller , Chicago: University of Chicago Press , ISBN 0-226-91747-9
External links
- "The Snow Man" English translation by Jean Hersholt
- "Sneemanden" Original Danish text