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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
 

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Brothers Grimm

For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of more than 200 enchanting characters included... (read more)

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Greta C
  • Rated 5 stars

“I have loved reading these fairy tales since I was a little kid, they are wonderful! I love them sooo much!”

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HemingwayHeroine
  • Rated 2 stars

“I don't know. I had a gigantic book of fairy tales growing up, a Reader's Digest collection. For some reason, these fairy tales were different than I remember the tales being when I grew up. Some seemed incomplete and the endings all seemed rushed. Most hardly even had a middle. Just not what I remember. Why?”

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  • Rated 4.265455 stars
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  • Rated 2.75 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Al K

    al k said:

    “There's nothing like the real fairy tales to touch up the soul of old and young alike. Bruno Bettelheim notes that these fairy tales are useful in the development of children's psychology, or in laymen's terms--their souls. In his book, Uses of Enchantment, he speaks of the ways these tales give children satisfaction because the villains are dealt with brutally and without mercy. Children do not appreciate villains being treated humanely, and they instinctually want evil punished with all due violence. When you read the Cinderella story based on a French version, there's the glass slipper. When you read the original folk tale of Cinderella or the Little Ash Girl, one of the ugly sisters cuts off her toes to become the prince's wife in order to fit into the shoe. He notices the blood and calls it off. These tales are remarkable in teaching compassion, nonetheless, and though they focus mostly on princes as strong figures, Bettelheim argues that girls have no problem relating to the princes as boys may relate to the princesses. ”

    posted Sunday, January 20 2008
  • Vanilla S

    vanilla s said:

    “I read the book when I was five, and the beautiful illustrations made the very grimm events seem like odd dreams. Maybe that's how The Brothers Grimm wanted people to take their stories.”

    posted Saturday, January 19 2008
  • AK

    ak said:

    “I don't think I'll ever outgrow fairytales.. It's one of the best ways to revisit one's childhood.”

    posted Sunday, December 16 2007
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