Table of Contents
Introduction A. S. Byatt ix
Reading the Brothers Grimm xxi
Part 1 The Tales
1 The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich 3
2 The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat 9
3 The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats 14
4 The Twelve Brothers 18
5 Little Brother and Little Sister 25
6 Rapunzel 33
7 The Three Little Men in the Woods 39
8 Hansel and Gretel 46
9 The Fisherman and His Wife 55
10 The Brave Little Tailor 66
11 Cinderella 77
12 Mother Holle 86
13 The Seven Ravens 90
14 Little Red Riding Hood 94
15 The Bremen Town Musicians 100
16 The Devil and His Three Golden Hairs 105
17 The Magic Table, the Gold Donkey, and the Club in the Sack 113
18 The Elves 126
19 The Robber Bridegroom 129
20 Godfather Death 134
21 Fitcher's Bird 138
22 The Juniper Tree 143
23 The Six Swans 155
24 Briar Rose 162
25 Snow White 167
26 Rumpelstiltskin 179
27 The Golden Bird 183
28 The Three Feathers 193
29 The Golden Goose 197
30 Furrypelts 202
31 The Singing, Soaring Lark 209
32 The Goose Girl 216
33 A Fairy Tale about a Boy Who Left Home to Learn about Fear 224
34 The Worn-out Dancing Shoes 236
35 The Star Talers 241
36 Snow White and Rose Red 243
37 The Golden Key 251
Part II Tales for Adults
1 The Jew in the Brambles 255
2 Mother Trudy 263
3 The Hand with the Knife 265
4 How Children Played Butcher with Each Other 267
5 Hans Dumm 270
6 The Evil Mother-in-Law 273
7 The Children Living in a Time of Famine 276
8 The Stubborn Child 278
9 The Rose 280
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm 283
Preface to Volume 1 of the First Edition of Children's Stories and Household Tales 295
The Magic of Fairy Tales 305
