The Ice Queen (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Christmas Specials SeriesBy Ernest Ingersoll
Length5h 15m
About this audiobook
The Ice Queen is a brisk work of juvenile adventure, shaped around winter danger, youthful resourcefulness, and the moral education of its characters. Ingersoll writes in the late nineteenth-century tradition of instructive adventure fiction, where excitement is joined to practical knowledge: ice, weather, movement, shelter, and survival are rendered with a naturalist's attentive eye. Its prose is direct and energetic, balancing suspense with observation, and it belongs beside the period's stories that made the natural world both a testing ground and a classroom. Ernest Ingersoll was unusually equipped to write such a book. Born in 1852, he became known as an American naturalist, explorer, journalist, and popularizer of science, with experience in the West and a long career explaining animals, landscapes, and outdoor life to general readers. His fiction often reflects this background: rather than treating nature as mere scenery, he presents it as an active force requiring intelligence, courage, and disciplined attention. This book is recommended for readers interested in classic adventure stories, the history of children's literature, and early American nature writing. It offers not only narrative pleasure, but also a revealing glimpse of how nineteenth-century writers taught young readers to read both books and the physical world.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length5 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Holy Night & Other Christmas Stories by Selma Lagerlöf (Annotated)
19Chapter XVIII. Rescuing the Wanderers
2Chapter I. Thrown Upon Their Own Resources
20Chapter XIX. Adrift on an Ice Raft
3Chapter II. “The Youngster’s” Plan
21Chapter XX. A Night in an Open Boat
4Chapter III. Fitting Out the “Red Erik”
22Chapter XXI. The Escape to the Shore
5Chapter IV. Making a Start
23Chapter XXII. Rex Fights Unknown Enemies
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6Chapter V. Comfort in a Log Cabin
24Chapter XXIII. Exploring the Island
7Chapter VI. Norse Tales
25Chapter XXIV. The Wild Dogs Again
8Chapter VII. The First Day on the Lake
26Chapter XXV. The Perils of a Midnight Search
9Chapter VIII. Jim's Rebellion
27Chapter XXVI. Finding Snow-Birds and Losing the Captain
10Chapter IX. Skating by Compass
28Chapter XXVII. Another Encounter With the Wild Dogs
11Chapter X. An Ugly Ferriage
29Chapter XXVIII. The Accident Explained
12Chapter XI. Camping Against an Ice Wall
30Chapter XXIX. Deciding Upon a New Move
13Chapter XII. Snowed Under
31Chapter XXX. Katy Tames the Wild Dogs
14Chapter XIII. Saved From Starvation
32Chapter XXXI. Abandoning the Island
15Chapter XIV. The Arctic Visitors
33Chapter XXXII. An Astonished Farmer
16Chapter XV. Christmas Bird-Catching
34Chapter XXXIII. The “Times” Correspondent
17Chapter XVI. How Tug Made “Twitch-Ups”
35Chapter XXXIV. A Happy Conclusion
18Chapter XVII. The Breaking Up of the Ice
36Memorable Quotes
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