Selected Tales
The tales gathered by the Grimm brothers are at once familiar, fantastic, and frightening. They seem to belong to no time, or to some distant feudal age of fairytale imagining. Grand palaces, humble cottages, and the forest full of menace are their settings; and they are peopled by kings and princesses, witches and robbers, millers and golden birds, stepmothers and talking frogs.\ Regarded from their inception either as simple nursery stories or as raw material for the folklorist, the tales...
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The tales gathered by the Grimm brothers are at once familiar, fantastic, and frightening. They seem to belong to no time, or to some distant feudal age of fairytale imagining. Grand palaces, humble cottages, and the forest full of menace are their settings; and they are peopled by kings and princesses, witches and robbers, millers and golden birds, stepmothers and talking frogs.Regarded from their inception either as simple nursery stories or as raw material for the folklorist, the tales were in fact compositions, collected from literate tellers and shaped into a distinctive kind of literature. This new translation mirrors the apparent artlessness of the Grimms, and fully represents the range of less well-known fables, morality tales, and comic stories as well as the classic tales. It takes the stories back to their roots in German Romanticism and includes variant stories and tales that were deemed unsuitable for children. In her fascinating Introduction, Joyce Crick explores their origins, and their literary evolution at the hands of the Grimms.
1The Frog King, or Iron Henry112Cat and mouse as partners143Our lady's child164The tale of the boy who set out to learn fear205The wolf and the seven little goats276Faithful John307The good bargain368The twelve brothers399The pack of no-good, low-life ruffians4410Little brother and little sister4511Rapunzel5112The three little men in the forest5413Hansel and Gretel5814The tale of the fisherman and his wife6515The brave little tailor7216Ashypet7817The tale of the mouse, the bird, and the sausage8418Mother Holle of the snow8619The seven ravens8820Little redcap9121The Bremen town band9422The singing bone9723The devil with the three golden hairs9824The girl with no hands10425Clever Hans10926Sensible Elsie11127The table-lay, the gold-donkey, and the club in the sack11428Little thumb12229Mrs. Fox's wedding12730The robber bridegroom12931Godfather death13232Thumbling's travels13533Fitcher's bird13834The tale of the juniper tree14135Old Sultan14936The six swans15137Briar-rose15538Foundling-bird15839Snow-white16040Knapsack, hat, and horn16841Rumpelstiltskin17242The golden bird17543The golden goose18144Coat o' skins18445Jorinda and Joringel18946The three children of fortune19147Six make their way through the whole world19348Grandfather and grandson19849The tale of little hen's death19850Hans in luck20051The fox and the geese20452The singing, soaring lark20453The goose-girl20954The young giant21555The king of the golden mountain22156The water of life22657The bearskin man23058Tales of toads and adders23559The Jew in the thorn bush23660The bright sun brings it to light24061The wilful child24162The devil and his grandmother24163One-eye, two-eyes, and three-eyes24464The shoes that were danced to tatters25065Iron John25366The Lord's beasts and the devil's26067The little shepherd boy26168The starry coins26169The stolen farthing26270Reviewing the brides26371The tale of cockaigne26372A tall tale from Diethmarsch26473A riddling tale26574Snow-white and Rose-red26575Sharing joy and sorrow27076The moon27177The messengers of death27378The unequal children of Eve27479The golden key27680St. Joseph in the forest27681The rose27982Our lady's goblet279App. ASelected earlier versions280App. BSelected tales from the first edition, removed for the second and subsequent editions288App. CCircular letter concerning the collection of folk poesy294App. DWilhelm Grimm's last reflections on the Marchen298
