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The ice-maiden

and other tales.

Also known as The ice-maiden and other stories; The ice-maiden: and other tales; The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales.

by Hans Christian Andersen & Fanny Fuller (Translator)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: Danish, English, German
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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"The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. by H. C. Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen is a collection of fairy tales published in 1861. The title story follows Rudy, an orphaned boy who becomes a skilled mountain climber and falls in love with Babette, a miller's daughter. Their path to marriage faces obstacles including her father's impossible demands and Rudy's dangerous encounters with the mysterious Ice Maiden, a supernatural being who claimed him as a child and continues to haunt his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

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  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “folklore”, “mythology”, and 2 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the subtitle, “Tales” in the alternative title, “Fairy tales” in the description, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “Tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library

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Editions

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The Ice-Maiden, and Other Tales

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

Philadelphia: F. Leypoldt; New York: F. W. Christern, 1863

1863Philadelphia : F. Leypoldt ; New York : F.W. Christern; Philadelphia, F. Leypoldt; [etc., etc.]English, German—Public digitized item

and, The story of my life

Open Library record

1869George Routledge and SonsEnglish—No ebook

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1863London : R. Bentley; R. BentleyDanish, English—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Contributing institution: Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: Internet Archive
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 10 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: Philadelphia: F. Leypoldt; New York: F. W. Christern, 1863
  • Translators: Fuller, Fanny
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openlibrary-work:OL25516W
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