SNOW QUEEN



Author:


Hans Christian Andersen

First edition:


The Snow Queen: a tale in seven stories, 1844

Main illustrators:


Bernadette Diodorov Eidregevicius Ivers Trnka Vogel



In short:


Kay and Gerta’s happy world is pulled apart by fragments of an evil mirror that fall into Kay’s eye and heart. The fragment spoils his innocent view of the world making him haughty and rebellious. He becomes easy prey for the Snow Queen, who abducts him. Gerta goes in search of her friend, and undergoes a series of dangerous adventures.


Selection of edition:


Snow Queen, illustrated by Edmunt Dulac
Les Contes d'Andersen, illustrated by Davanzo, Flammarion, 1947.
Les Contes d'Andersen, illustrated by Trnka, Gründ, 1969.
La Reine des Neiges, illustrated by Mette Ivers, Gallimard, 1978.
La Reine des neiges, illustrated by S. Eidrigevicius, Grasset, 1984.
La Reine des Neiges, illustrated by Bernadette, Nord-Sud, 1987.
La Reine des Neiges, illustrated by Boris Diodorov, Ipomée-Albin Michel, 1993.
La reine des neiges, illustrated by Roger Langton, Hachette, 1996.
La Reine de les Nieges, illustrated by Vogel, Gallimard, 1994.


Adaptations:


Film by Lev Konstantinovitch (1957 Moscou)

CD-Rom: La Reine des nieges (Snow Queen), by Flammarion 1996