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The Complete Fairy Tales

By The Brothers Grimm
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The Complete Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm is a collection of folk tales that have been handed down through generations, capturing timeless stories filled with magic, morality, and adventure. This anthology includes beloved and iconic tales, such as "Cinderella", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Snow White", each offering a mix of enchantment and moral lessons. The stories often reflect the socio-cultural backdrop of their time, delivering powerful narratives that have enchanted readers of all ages.
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You might enjoy this collection if you are fascinated by classic tales of enchantment, moral lessons, and dark, magical adventures. This book offers a rich tapestry of folklore, featuring beloved stories as well as lesser-known narratives, all brought to life with vivid imagery and timeless themes. Perfect for those who appreciate the depth of traditional storytelling and the rich cultural history these tales embody.

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Your favourite fantastic Grimm fairy tales and bedtime stories in the only complete edition of this classic collection.

Wolves and grandmothers, ugly sisters, a house made of bread, a goose made of gold...the folk tales collected by the Grimm brothers created an astonishingly influential imaginative world.

'In oldentimes, when wishing still helped, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful...' - 'The Frog King', Complete Fairy Tales

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"In oldentimes, when wishing still helped, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful..." - 'The Frog King', The Complete Fairy Tales.

Your favourite fantastic Grimm fairy tales and bedtime stories in the only complete edition of this classic collection.

Wolves and grandmothers, ugly sisters, a house made of bread, a goose made of gold... the folk tales collected by the Grimm brothers created an astonishingly influential imaginative world. However, this is also a world where a woman serves her stepson up in a stew, a man marries a snake, a princess sleeps with a frog, and an evil queen dances to death in a pair of burning shoes.

Violent, funny, disturbing, wise and sometimes beautiful, these stories have intrigued children, adults, scholars, psychologists, and artists for centuries.

The only complete edition available of the most famous collection of fairy tales ever published, this collection features the 279 stories in an acclaimed, modern, unexpurgated translation. Now featuring an introduction from translator Jack Zipes.

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The collection is praised for its significance, being ranked nearly as important as the Bible by some reviewers, and for its vitality, with no emotions left unrepresented. It's considered essential reading, noted for the comprehensive translation that might become the standard. The tales are impactful, offering both thrills and lifelong enjoyment, influencing readers deeply from a young age.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780099511441

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 August 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Illustration: b&w

Contributors:

  • Translated by Jack Zipes
  • Introduction by Jack Zipes
  • Translated by Jack Zipes
  • Translated by Jack Zipes

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 45.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 727g

Pages: 1072

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About the Author

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) were born in Hanau, Germany. They published the first of their many collections of fairy tales in 1812. The story that they wandered about Germany collecting their tales from the lips of peasants is a fairy tale itself. In fact, they invited educated middle class women into their home to tell them the stories they had heard from their servants. The point of their collection of folklore was to study the German language and they also did important work on the German dictionary. The stories were revised to be more appropriate for children in 1819 and were published under the title Children's and Household Tales. By the beginning of the twentieth century Children's and Household Tales was second only to the Bible in the German bestseller lists.

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