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The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales

by Hans Christian Andersen

"The Ice-Maiden" is an 1861 literary fairy tale by the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. The first English translation was published by King and Baird in 1863. The story, set in Switzerland, was inspired by a local legend about the Île de Peilz, a small island in Lake Geneva, which is also the setting of its denouement.

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English

Original Language

Danish

Published In

1861

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