Selected Tales contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, translated with an introduction by David Luke
These folktales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are among the most memorable stories in European culture - conjuring up a world of spells and bewitchment, outwitted villains and cruel stepmothers, animal bridegrooms and enchanted princesses. Tales such as 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Little Red Cape' and 'The Robber Bridegroom' depict the dangers lurking in dark forests, and others, including 'Briar-Rose' and...

The stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way children--and adults--learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of the more than two hundred enchanting characters included in this volume. The tales are presented just as Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally set them down: bold, primal, just frightening enough, and endlessly engaging.

With black-and-white illustrations throughout
Illustrated by Josef...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."

This work is by Jacob Grimm, one of the famous Grimm brothers, and best known as a mythologist and etymologist. Teutonic mythology has had a notable impact on modern literature and culture, perhaps most notably in the operas of Wagner. Although the German edition was called Deutsch it is translated as teutonic to convey its wider interests: Germans, Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians, Goths and other Northern Europeans and all their teutonic dialects. This set reprints the translation of the fourth German edition which is arranged in chapters by subjects such as: heroes, elves, fire, saga and the...

Fifty-three classic stories include "Rumpelstiltskin," "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Fisherman and his Wife," "Snow White," "Tom Thumb," "Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella," and so many more. Lavishly illustrated with original 19th-century drawings by Walter Crane. 114 illustrations.

The Brothers Grimm or Die Gebruder Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore. They are among the most well-known storytellers of folk tales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella" "(Aschenputtel)," "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkonig"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hansel und Gretel"), "Rapunzel," "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und...