Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack Zipes (Translator)
Publisher: Bantam Books
3rd Edition, ©1992, ISBN: 9780553382167
Trade Paperback, 750 pages
Price: $24.00

Few stories possess as much power to enchant, delight and surprise as those penned by the Brothers Grimm. But until recently most Americans knew them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduced the power of the originals. Here are all 210 tales originally published by the Grimms, plus 40 lesser-known stories never before available in English, in the most comprehensive translation to date.

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FLAWS: Violence, scary elements
Summary: This compendium of Germanic fairy tales is way better—and way scarier—than any of the Disney versions.

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