Grimm's fairy tales

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'This collection of much-loved folk tales features such familiar characters as daring Little Red Riding Hood , crafty Rumpelstiltskin and the ill-fated infants Hansel and Gretel. They are as magical and fascinating today as when they were first told, despite - or because of - the underlying darkness as their heart. Collected in a single volume by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and first published in 1812, these stories are known and loved...

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Fairy tales Germany

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Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 Translations into English

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 Translations into English

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ISBN:

9780008195632
0008195633

Edition:

Collins Classics paperback edition

Description:

x, 309 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Fairy tales

Notes:

Translated from the German

Contents:

The golden bird
Hans in luck
Jorinda and Jorindel
The traveling 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
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
Rumpelstilskin
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 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
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

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3292425

Other Authors:

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859, author

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