The new edition of "The Snow Queen" with stunning illustrations by Christian Birmingham is, without exaggeration, the most beautiful illustrated version of Andersen's fairy tale: the book contains 35 illustrations, each of which is a real masterpiece, including 7 huge canvases, each one a full spread.
We took as a basis the best and most accurate, in our opinion, translation of "The Snow Queen" into Russian, completed 120 years ago by the spouses Anna and Peter Ganzen, revised and edited it, bringing it into line with the norms of the modern Russian language.
Andersen was a deeply religious man, and all his fairy tales are imbued with a sincere faith in God. Andersen's fairy tales published in the USSR (except for the academic two-volume edition of 1969) were subject to censorship, which removed any hints of Christian symbols, ideas and images. As a result, much in Andersen's fairy tales remained incomprehensible, and sometimes their entire meaning changed radically. For example, divine miracles (the devil's, however, remained), angels, prayers, psalms and all Christian symbolism disappeared from "The Snow Queen"; some other fragments of the fairy tale were significantly shortened (for example, the revelations of flowers in the third story).
In our translation, all these fragments and details are fully restored.
"The Snow Queen" is one of Andersen's best fairy tales, a touching and bright story about selfless love that conquers evil, about faith and devotion that make even the weakest person steadfast, determined and courageous in the face of adversity and difficult trials, a wonderful reason to talk to a child about eternal values, about the struggle between good and evil in the soul of each of us.
Attention! The book has a small external defect - a dent on the cover. This is unfortunate, but does not affect its content. Please carefully examine the photos before making a purchase.
Recommended reader age: 5+
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Artist: Christian Birmingham
Translation: Anna Vasilievna Ganzen, Pyotr Gottfridovich Ganzen
Year of release: 2021
Publisher: Dobraya kniga
Pages: 60
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 307x253x12 mm
ISBN: 978-5-98124-658-6