Little Rudy, orphaned as a baby in the Swiss Alps when his mother falls into a crevasse, grows up to be the boldest climber and chamois-hunter in the valley. He wins the love of Babette, the miller’s daughter, but the cold, proud Ice-Maiden who rules the glaciers has never forgotten him.
One of Andersen’s longest and most haunting tales, in an early English translation. Download the free EPUB.