"Let's start! Having reached the end of our story, we will know more than now. ”With these words, one of the most famous fairy tales in the world, which was written by the Danish author,“ The Snow Queen ”, begins.
Who is he, Hans Christian Andersen? Shy and vulnerable, hard to live his youthful years. A man who was learning hard was writing until the end of his days with grammatical errors. A man who did not have a family or children, who died alone after receiving a serious injury. By the way, sincerely believing that he is not a children's storyteller. All his life he dreamed of becoming famous exclusively as a playwright.
It seems that few people don’t know what the name of the author of “The Snow Queen” was, because this story is filmed in many countries of the world. At different times, animated films and films, theatrical productions, musicals and animes were created. To this day, the New Year’s performance without the main character of this fairy tale is just as not relevant as without the appearance of Santa Claus. Moreover, some stories formed the basis of musical productions, operas.
The author of the work “The Snow Queen” gained his fame not only thanks to this fairy tale, not at all. His track record has enough works that can overshadow his popularity a lot. “The Ugly Duckling”, “Ole-Lukoye”, “Flint”, “The New Dress of the King”, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Nightingale”, “The Little Mermaid” - this is only part of what the author wrote. The Snow Queen is just one of the stories that made Andersen famous.
By the way, it is believed that the main character from this fairy tale was written off from the image of the Ice Maiden from Scandinavian folklore, the lady of winter and death. It is believed that the father of the writer, dying, uttered the phrase that it was she who came for him.
The storyteller's dad died early. They stayed with their mother, they often had to ask for alms. In childhood, Andersen was a shy boy, receptive and vulnerable. He showed himself as a writer early, bringing his published book to the theater. She was not appreciated, but the young man was given a chance to learn and prove himself in the future as an author.
"The Snow Queen" was written in 1844 and had seven parts. Each was considered a separate fairy tale, connected by a little girl Gerda. Many believe that the number of parts is symbolic, that this is not at all a simple coincidence, it is a direct allusion to the “seven stages”. Who knows what the author meant? “The Snow Queen”, despite all this, remains the most beloved fairy tale of children of all generations.
Summary
Part one tells of the creation of a mirror by an evil troll, whose fragments, falling into a person, make him incapable of seeing and feeling good. The second tells about the relationship between two children, Kai and Gerda, in one of which falls a fragment of that mirror. The third part is about the beginning of the journey in search of the lost Kai and Gerda, who fell into the garden of the sorceress. The fourth is about the help provided by the prince and princess to the little girl. The fifth part is about the incident that happened with Gerda on the way to Kai from the evil robbers. The sixth story tells of the help received from Lapland and Finnish sorceress. In the seventh part, the girl finds the boy and returns home with him, realizing that several years have passed, and they are already adults.