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The text is based on translations from the Grimms' Kinder und Hausmärchen by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes.
The initial volume contained 86 stories, with the collection eventually expanding to over 200 tales across seven editions through 1857, recognized as a seminal work of Western children's literature.
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- 2The Golden Bird11 min
- 3Hans in Luck12 min
- 4Jorinda and Jorindel6 min
- 5The Travelling Musicians7 min
- 6Old Sultan4 min
- 7The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean3 min
- 8Briar Rose7 min
- 9The Dog and the Sparrow7 min
- 10The Twelve Dancing Princesses8 min
- 11The Fisherman and His Wife11 min
- 12The Willow-Wren and the Bear5 min
- 13The Frog-Prince6 min
- 14Cat and Mouse in Partnership5 min
- 15The Goose-Girl11 min
- 16The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet9 min
- 17Rapunzel7 min
- 18Fundevogel5 min
- 19The Valiant Little Tailor17 min
- 20Hansel and Gretel15 min
- 21The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage3 min
- 22Mother Holle14 min
- 23The Robber Bridegroom7 min
- 24Tom Thumb13 min
- 25Rumpelstiltskin6 min
- 26Clever Gretel6 min
- 27The Little Peasant10 min
- 28Frederick and Catherine10 min
- 29Sweetheart Roland7 min
- 30Snowdrop12 min
- 31The Pink8 min
- 32Clever Elsie7 min
- 33The Miser in the Bush6 min
- 34Ashputtel13 min
- 35The White Snake8 min
- 36The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids6 min
- 37The Queen Bee4 min
- 38The Elves and the Shoemaker3 min
- 39The Juniper-Tree16 min
- 40The Turnip6 min
- 41Clever Hans7 min
- 42The Three Languages6 min
- 43The Four Clever Brothers8 min
- 44Lily and the Lion11 min
- 45The Fox and the Horse2 min
- 46The Blue Light9 min
- 47The Raven12 min
- 48The Golden Goose8 min
- 49The Water of Life13 min
- 50The Twelve Huntsmen5 min
- 51The King of the Golden Mountain12 min
- 52Doctor Knowall4 min
- 53The Seven Ravens5 min
- 54First Story2 min
- 55Second Story2 min
- 56The Salad10 min
- 57The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was20 min
- 58King Grisly-Beard8 min
- 59Iron Hans16 min
- 60Cat-Skin10 min
- 61Snow-White and Rose-Red13 min
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Preparer’s Note
The text is based on translations from the Grimms' Kinder und Hausmärchen by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes.
CONTENTS:
THE GOLDEN BIRD HANS IN LUCK JORINDA AND JORINDEL THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS OLD SULTAN THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN BRIAR ROSE THE DOG AND THE SPARROW THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR THE FROG-PRINCE CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP THE GOOSE-GIRL THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET 1. HOW THEY WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO EAT NUTS 2. HOW CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET WENT TO VISIT MR KORBES RAPUNZEL FUNDEVOGEL THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR HANSEL AND GRETEL THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE MOTHER HOLLE LITTLE RED-CAP [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM TOM THUMB RUMPELSTILTSKIN CLEVER GRETEL THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON THE LITTLE PEASANT FREDERICK AND CATHERINE SWEETHEART ROLAND SNOWDROP THE PINK CLEVER ELSIE THE MISER IN THE BUSH ASHPUTTEL THE WHITE SNAKE THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS THE QUEEN BEE THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER THE JUNIPER-TREE the juniper-tree. THE TURNIP CLEVER HANS THE THREE LANGUAGES THE FOX AND THE CAT THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS LILY AND THE LION THE FOX AND THE HORSE THE BLUE LIGHT THE RAVEN THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE WATER OF LIFE THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN DOCTOR KNOWALL THE SEVEN RAVENS THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX FIRST STORY SECOND STORY THE SALAD THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS KING GRISLY-BEARD IRON HANS CAT-SKIN SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES
About the author
Jacob Grimm
1785 Hanau – 1863 Berlin · German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales.
- 1785Born, Hanau
- 1812Grimms' Fairy Tales
- 1863Died, Berlin
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