They are the stories we've known since we were children. "Rapunzel." "Hansel and Gretel." "Cinderella." "Sleeping Beauty." But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and often don't end very happily--but they're often far more interesting. This elegant edition of "Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales" includes all our cherished favorites--"Snow White," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Little Red Cap," and many more--in their original versions. With specially designed end papers, a genuine leather cover, and other enhancements, it's the perfect gift for anyone looking to build a complete home library. Many of these tales begin with the familiar refrain of "once upon a time"--but they end with something unexpected and fascinating!
Presents a collection of fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, including "Briar Rose," "Doctor Know-All," and "King Thrushbeard."
The stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world.
The tale of 'Cinderella' is told wherever stories are still read aloud and everyone is familiar with 'Rapunzel' and 'The Golden Goose', but who has heard all the wonderful stories collected by the Brothers Grimm?
Now they realized that the king had devised something evil and meant to suffocate them. “He won't succeed!” said the man with the cap. “I'm going to let a frost come that will put the fire to shame and send it crawling away.
Collected here are 64 of the most popular stories by the Brothers Grimm with 55 black-and-white illustrations and photos, and a free online link to 62 audio files.
A delight to read, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm presents these peerless stories to a whole new generation of readers.
Presents eighty of the classic German fairy tales, including such favorites as "Briar-Rose" and "Little Red-Cap"--Better known as "Sleeping Beauty" and "Little Red Riding Hood."
Fairy Tales.
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. Jerome, whom the general had installed as king of Westphalia, one of the more unified states he had set up in Germany. But foreign occupation also made Germans want their own country more than ever.
Like Ellis, Rölleke studied the Grimms' editing history, which suggested that the tales came not from peasants via oral ... A New History (2009) and Valerie Paradiz's Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales (2005), ...