Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales

by Jakob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm

Overview

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are among the best-loved and most famous in all of literature. What reader is not familiar with the stories “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Cinderella,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Rapun- zel,” “Rumpelstiltskin,” or “Tom Thumb”? Derived from folktales that had been part of the oral storytelling tradition for centuries, these stories are acknowledged as literary landmarks that transcend their time and culture.

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales collects more than two hundred fairy tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century. In these wonderfully entertaining stories, frogs transform into handsome princes, serving girls become princesses, clever peasants outwit disdainful nobles, evil queens and stepmothers are revealed for the nasty folk they are, innocents learn to beware of predators, kings learn valuable lessons from their wiser servants, the poor outshine their betters, animals talk like people, virtue is rewarded, and bad behavior is punished.

Illustrated with the artwork of Arthur Rackham, Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales is a cornucopia of magical stories that will appeal to readers of all ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435141797
Publisher:	Fall River Press
Publication date:	04/30/2012
Series:	Amazing Values Series
Pages:	696
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 8.70(h) x 2.20(d)

About the Author

The Brothers Grimm—Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859)—set out to make careers as lawyers, but found themselves more attracted to literature, poetry, and folktales. With the publication in 1812 of Children’s and HouseholdTales, a collection of folktales from the oral traditions of several countries, they became recognized as the preeminent scholars and translators of fairy and folktales.

Editorial Reviews

Steeped in danger and dark enchantment and often reflecting the cruel reality of life in central Europe, the traditional tales in this volume were collected by German folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm as an act of cultural preservation, not children’s entertainment. Yet, over the years, these magical stories of princesses and witches, evil stepmothers and talking animals have thrilled and delighted countless generations of children -- who seem to agree that the best yarns are always a little scary! Included in this handsomely bound anthology with gilt-edged pages are classics like "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty," as well as little-known gems like "The Juniper Tree."