The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Overview

The classic edition of 210 ageless tales of myth and magic - one of the most popular collections of fairy tales ever published.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610589741
Publisher:	Race Point Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	Knickerbocker Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), one half of of the renowned Brothers Grimm, was a German philologist, jurist, and mythologist. He was also a linguist, and discoverer of "Grimm's law," and wrote several of the West's best known fairy tales along with his brother Wilhelm. He was born in the town of Hanau, in what was at the time the Holy Roman Empire. He was a graduate of the University of Marburg.Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German author and cultural researcher, was one half of the Grimm Brothers; authors of some of the most popular and best-known European fairy tales. He was born in the town of Hanau, in what was at the time the Holy Roman Empire. He was a graduate of the University of Marburg.

Editorial Reviews

Adults and young readers alike have enjoyed these stories for more than two centuries, and in this volume the 211 classic tales from the German linguists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm include favorites such as “Hansel and Gretel” and “Cinderella,” and are accompanied by 40 color plates and 60 black-and-white illustrations from the English illustrator Arthur Rackham.—Mountain Times

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