Product Description

A wonderful collection of all 210 tales and popular legends collected by the Grimm brothers over a century ago.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #166031 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 800 pages

Review
'Among the few indispensable, common-property books upon which Western culture can be founded ... it is hardly too much to say that these tales rank next to the Bible in importance.' - W.H. Auden

Synopsis
Within these covers you will find every one of the 210 tales collected by the brothers Grimm. These were stories kept alive by German peasants, the legacy of a vibrant oral tradition, passed down from generation to generation and often preserving hints of a mythology dating back to pre-Christian times.

From the Back Cover

With an introduction by Padraic Colum and a commentary by Joseph Campbell

Illustrated by Jospeh Scharl

‘Among the few indispensable, common-property books upon which Western culture can be founded ... It is hardly too much to say that these tales rank next to the Bible in importance.’ – W.H. Auden

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? Well, here’s your chance, for within these covers you will find every one of their 210 tales, in all their enchantment and rapture, terror and wisdom, tragedy and beauty. Complete edition first published in English: 1948.

Customer Reviews

Be Advised
After reading other customer reviews about this book I couldnt wait to have it to hand for I was running out of ideas for the childrens' bedtime story.When you open it up you find hundreds of stories to choose from but unfortunately as I started to read it I was constantly being interupted with questions of "what does 'hast thou' mean daddy ?" and "whats 'ran thither to entreat him' mean ?" and "whats 'hark thee'?".For the book is full of oldy worldy sayings. I found it quite useful to read ahead before reading it at bedtime. It saves lots of questions and time.

Grimm fairy tales review
For the fan of fairy tales this book is a lovely addition to any collection. Although lengthy and perhaps not the best introduction to the works of the Grimm brothers, it is comprehensive. The stories are short enough to read aloud and the illustrations are simple and compliment the stories well.
I give this book four stars only because I would have liked more illustrations and would have liked the book to be more child friendly.

Everlasting
I knew some of Grimms fairy tales but had no idea they had written so many - and here they all are! If you are hoping for the sanitised Disney version you'll be disappointed - these are the real stories and there's a whole HEAP of them. Don't just buy it for your kids - buy it for yourself, its Fabulous!