Grimm: The Illustrated Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

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It is said the Brothers Grimm opened up a world of goodwill with their stories, where heroes and heroines are truly rewarded, where giants and dwarfs and birds and animals are their friends. It is said, also, that Arthur Rackham has kept the fairy world alive for generations of children with his art. Here is a splendid combination of the two -- the best loved Grimms' fairy tales, adorned by an artist who was a master of fantasy.

Arthur Rackham's illustrations for the Brothers Grimm brought him lasting fame. From the beautiful to the bizarre, from the weird to the wonderful, his fine line drawings are striking portrayals of the Grimm stories. This beautiful edition presents sixty stories and over sixty-five of Rackham's illustrations, including sixteen full-color plates.

Timeless as entertainment, this is a story-time treasury for young and old alike.

1 The Golden Bird
2 Hans in Luck
3 Jorinda and Joringel
4 The Bremen Town Musicians
5 Old Sultan
6 The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
7 Briar Rose
8 the Dog and the Sparrow
9 The Twelve Dancing Princesses
10 The Fisherman and His Wife
11 The Wren and the Bear
12 The Frog Prince
13 The Cat and Mouse in Partnership
14 The Goosegirl
15 The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet
16 Rapunzel
17 Fundevogel
18 The Valiant Trailor
19 Hansel and Grethel
20 The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
21 Mother Hulda
22 Red Riding Hood
23 The Robber Bridegroom
24 Tom Thumb
25 Rumpelstiltskin
26 Clever Grethel
27 The Old Man and His Grandson
28 The Little Peasant
29 Fred and Kate
30 Sweetheart Roland
31 Snowdrop
32 The Pink
33 Clever Elsa
34 The Man Among the Thorns
35 Ashenputtel
36 The White Snake
37 The Wolf and the Seven Kids
38 The Queen Bee
39 The Elves and the Shoemaker
40 The Wolf and the Man
41 The Turnip
42 Clever Hans
43 The Three Languages
44 The Fox and the Cat
45 The Four Clever Brothers
46 The Lady and the Lion
47 The Fox and the Horse
48 The Blue Light
49 The Raven
50 The Golden Goose
51 The Water of Life
52 The Twelve Huntsmen
53 The King of the Golden Mountain
54 Doctor Know-All
55 The Seven Ravens
56 The Marriage of Mrs. Reynard
57 The Salad
58 The Youth Who Could Not Shudder
59 King Thrushbeard
60 Iron Hans

120 pages, Hardcover

First published December 20,1812

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About the author

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German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.

This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie.

Adapted from Wikipedia.

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