Books : The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
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by: Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm
Amazon.com's Price: $10.95 Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781440425462
ISBN: 1440425469
Label: CreateSpace
Manufacturer: CreateSpace
Number Of Pages: 210
Publication Date: September 22, 2008
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 38926
Studio: CreateSpace
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Product Description:
The all-time classic collection of fairy tales. This easy to read edition includes sixty-two (62) of generations of children's favorite tales, including:
RAPUNZEL
HANSEL AND GRETEL
THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
TOM THUMB
THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS
THE GOLDEN GOOSE
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
and many, many, more!!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - New translation, old is better
First of all, there is a problem with the product details: it says 210 pages. Question: how can you cram a complete Grimm into so few pages? However, when you click "view this book" and have a look at the table of contents, it turns out to be much longer. Question again: are the two the same book? You cannot be sure, as it also refers to a 1972 edition.
My main complaint, however, is the quality of the translation. I know that my present favourite "complete" edition is a reprint of the ... Read More
Rating:  - Looking for the real deal? This is for you
If you are looking for the original Grimm's Fairy Tales in one volume, this is for you.
Reading fairy tales in their original form takes one back to a much earlier time, back before they were written, when lives of children were in constant danger of being eaten by the many hungry adults who roamed Europe of the middle ages.
I am a collector of Fairy Tales and folk myths. Many themes recur in folk myths around the world, a symbol of our collective unconscious.
You ... Read More
Rating: - There are monsters in the dark woods
This isn't a review, exactly, as it's been a long time since I read these, but I had a friend who believed that these gruesome tales were quite appropriate for children, becasue they were an allegorical way to teach children about the evils that lurk in the world. Witches are something that little boys and girls can understand (and rightly fear) while, perhaps, pedophiles are not.
Rating: - The brothers Grimm
It was amazing for me to read these stories because as a child, there were so many that were not read to me and it was surprising to discover some of the harshness of the story. This does not reflect upon the enjoyment. It was just surprising how violent some of them were.
It didn't matter to me because I was still being transported away with the memories of the wonderful fairy tales from my childhood.
The book still serves its purpose, the tales are as wonderful and magical as ... Read More
Rating: - Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by The Grimm Brothers
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales is a great book. The fairy tales are quite like the modern versions you read today although they don't seem as fictional. I really enjoyed reading the original version of Hansal and Gretel. For those of you who haven't read it (which probably isn't a lot!) is about two poor children who's mother wants to get rid of them so she can eat more and not have to worry about them. The father doesn't agree and tries ... Read More
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