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A Tale Teller for Our Times

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5/5. The Snow Queen. This tale, with its sweeping narrative and cold figure of the Snow Queen, is reckoned by many to be Hans Christian Andersen 's masterpiece.
What are the qualities that have given it such longevity - and is being frozen always such a bad thing? Ruth Padel investigates. For further details see Monday

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