The following book is a collection of stories written by Hans Christian Andersen. Four titles in total are featured here: 'The Butterfly', 'The Psyche', 'The Snail and the Rose-Tree', and 'The Ice Maiden'. The latter is the longest story in the collection, a 15-chapter story, that was inspired by a local legend about the Île de Peilz, a small island in Lake Geneva, which is also the setting of its denouement.
