Grimm's Fairy Tales: Twenty Stories
by Jacob Grimm (Author), Wilhelm Grimm (Author)
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Twenty tales collected from German folklore and immortalized by the brothers Grimm.Tags
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A family that cannot afford to feed themselves faces a dilemma. The mom decides to take the kids into the woods and leave them to fend for themselves thus not having to support them anymore. Eventually the kids wonder and come across a house made of candy owned by a witch that traps them and wants to eat them. I truly enjoyed this book because it was dark and scary at times. It was fun to get taken away in this strange twisted world of betrayal
A compendium of classic fairy-tales with splendid illustrations by Arthur Rackham, the celebated illustrator.
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Jacob W. Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm K. Grimm (1786-1859) pioneered the study of German philosophy, law, mythology and folklore, but they are best known for their collection of fairy tales. These include such popular stories as Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and The Frog Prince. Commonly referred to now as Grimm's Fairy Tales, show more their collection was published as Kinder-und-Hausmarchen (Children's and Household Tales, 1812-15). The brothers were born thirteen months apart in the German province of Hesse, and were inseparable from childhood. Throughout their lives they showed a marked lack of sibling rivalry. Most of their works were written together, a practice begun in childhood when they shared a desk and sustained throughout their adult lives. Since their lives and work were so collaborative, it is difficult now to differentiate between them, but of course there were differences.- Jacob, who studied for a time in Paris, was fascinated with variant spellings of older words. He articulated "Grimm's Law," the rules of which are still used today to determine correspondences between the consonants of German and languages in the Indo-European family. Jacob was bolder and more experimental than Wilhelm, and was rumored to be a lively dancer. Throughout his life, Jacob kept rigidly to schedule and could be extremely focused on work that demanded close attention to detail. He never married, but was a loving uncle to Wilhelm's children. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are buried side by side in Berlin. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Germany
- First words
- It was the middle of winter, and the snowflakes were falling from the sky like feathers.
(Snowdrop). - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)There was nothing now wanting to their happiness for the rest of their lives.
(The golden bird). - Disambiguation notice
- The Pan Books, Piccolo Gift Book ed. (1978) contains twenty stories selected from an ed. first published in 1900.
ISBN 0394709306 was not illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
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