The Snowman (fairy tale)
"The Snowman" (Danish: Sneemanden) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a snowman who falls in love with a stove.[1] It was published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen as Sneemanden on 2 March 1861.[2] Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager describes the tale as a lyrical and poignant complement to Andersen's "The Fir-Tree" of December 1844.[3]
"The Snowman" | |||
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Short story by Hans Christian Andersen | |||
![]() The Hanfstaengl portrait of Andersen July 1860 | |||
Original title | Sneemanden | ||
Country | Denmark | ||
Language | Danish | ||
Genre(s) | Literary fairy tale | ||
Publication | |||
Published in | New Fairy Tales and Stories. Second Series. First Collection. 1861. (Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Række. Første Samling. 1861.) | ||
Publication type | Fairy tale collection | ||
Publisher | C.A. Reitzel | ||
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Publication date | 2 March 1861 | ||
Chronology | |||
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Scharff as Gennaro in Bournonville's ballet Napoli, 1860

An illustration c. 1870 from "The Snowman": "He had been born amid the triumphant shouts of the boys, and welcomed by the jingling of sleigh bells and the cracking of whips from the passing sleighs." ("The Snowman". H.C. Andersen, translated by Jean Hersholt, 1949)
References
- Footnotes
- Wullschlager 2002, p. 378
- Nye Eventyr 1861
- Wullschlager 2002, pp. 378–379
- Works cited
- Andersen, Hans Christian; Nunnally, Tiina (Transl.); Wullschlager, Jackie (Ed.) (2005) [2004], Fairy Tales, New York: Viking Press (Penguin Books), ISBN 0-670-03377-4
- Andersen, Jens; Nunnally, Tiina (Transl.) (2005) [2003], Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life, New York, Woodstock, and London: Overlook Duckworth, ISBN 1-58567-737-X
- Eckstein, Bob (2007), The History of the Snowman, New York: Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-1-4169-4066-1
- Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Række. Første Samling. 1861., Hans Christian Andersen Center, retrieved 2009-06-15
- Prince, Alison (1998), Hans Christian Andersen: The Fan Dancer, London: Allison & Busby, ISBN 0-7490-0478-9
- Wullschlager, Jackie (2002) [2000], Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-91747-9
External links
- "The Snow Man" English translation by Jean Hersholt
- "Sneemanden" Original Danish text
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