Grimm's Fairy Stories

by Jacob & Grimm Grimm, Wilhelm

Book, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

398.20943

Tags

Fairy Tales, Fairy tales -- Germany, JWGCHLD0

Genres

Publication

Publisher Unknown, 151 pages

Description

Excerpt: ...before. The kings son, who was waiting for her, took her by the hand and danced with her; and, when any one asked her to dance, he said as before, "This lady is dancing with me." When night came she wanted to go home; and the kings son went with her, but she sprang away from him all at once into the garden behind her fathers house. In this garden stood a fine large pear-tree; and Cinderella jumped up into it without being seen. Then the kings son waited till her father came home, and said to him, "The unknown lady has slipped away, and I think she must have sprung into the pear-tree." The father ordered an axe to be brought, and they cut down the tree, but found no one upon it. And when they came back into the kitchen, there lay Cinderella in the ashes as usual; for she had slipped down on the other side of the tree, and carried her beautiful clothes back to the bird at the hazel-tree, and then put on her little old frock. The third day, when her father and mother and sisters were gone, she went again into the garden, and said… (more)

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LibraryThing member Helen.Callaghan
More repetitive and not as dark as I expected - perhaps I had the bowdlerised version?
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LibraryThing member Barb_H
Enjoyed reading where some popular fairy tales originated and seeing how similar or different they are with the versions I am more familiar with. I liked some of the stories, some were just okay and some were dumb and boring. I was surprised how dark some of the stories are. Overall I am glad I
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 read this even though it's not going to be a favorite.
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LibraryThing member kprinc3
No one, in my opinion tells a better fairy tale then the Grimm brothers. The collection of stories in this book included "The Goose-Girl," "Hansel and Grethel," "Little Snow White," "Cinderella," "Bearskin," "Briar Rose," "Rapunzel," "Rumpelstiltskin," and many others. Each of these stories had
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 their own moral that readers of any age sometimes need to be reminded of, I think that is what I liked most about these stories. Many of these tales have been cleaned up and presented in a more admirable light, especially the princess stories. I think that some of these stories, while a little more gruesome, add in real elements of punishment for the evil characters. This can really hold in the message of the story. For example, in Cinderella the message is that kindness will always trump over evil. The Evil step sisters are left without toes and heels and blind by the end of the story. If that does not show children that being kind is the best way of life, then I do not think anything will.
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LibraryThing member jmkemp
Interesting to see the originals that Disney worked their magic on. There's a similarity across some of the stories where you can see that perhaps they are mutated versions of the same original that have morphed as they were told.

Also there are a number of fairy stories that I hadn't heard before,
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 them not having quite entered popular consciousness where I grew up. Possibly some of these would be the kernel of some good stories, Grimm's style is very much tell and no show. That suits the sort of morality tales these are, intended for someone to simply recount them at bedtime or round the fire or dinner table. They've come from an oral tradition, and anything taking longer to tell than 10 to 20 minutes would be too complex.

Still, it is an interesting piece of folk history and I'm glad I read these stories.
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LibraryThing member Helen.Callaghan
More repetitive and not as dark as I expected - perhaps I had the bowdlerised version?

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