Twenty of the Brothers Grimm best-loved tales including Snowdrop, a version of the Snow White story, and Rumpelstiltskin are retold on this beautiful edition which is richly illustrated by Arthur Rackham who brings out darkness, magic and overwhelming love – all of which lie at the heart of the Grimm stories.
It was the middle of winter, and the snowflakes were falling from the sky like feathers. Now, a queen sat sewing at a window framed in black ebony...Suddenly she pricked her finger and three drops of blood fell on to the snow...So begins this captivating collection of magical tales collected by the Brothers Grimm- twenty enchanting fairy tales, including the tale of a snow-white princess, an evil trickster called Rumplestiltskin and a beautiful golden goose.
This edition includes the extraordinary, beautiful illustrations of Arthur Rackham, the perfect complement to a timeless collection.
Grimm's Fairy Tales are a wild wood to get lost in The Guardian
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About Brothers Grimm
The German brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm spent years collecting
and researching folk tales early in the 19th century. They published Children's and Household Tales in 1812, a collection which became known as Grimm's Fairy Tales. The collection included what are now some of the world's most famous stories, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Rumpelstiltskin.
Wilhelm married in 1825, but Jacob never wed and for most of his life
lived in his brother's home. The brothers also began a German
historical dictionary, the enormous Deutsches Wörterbuch, which ran to 16 volumes when it was finally completed by others in 1954.
