The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
β Scribed by Grimm, Brothers
- Book ID
- 107064025
- Publisher
- Lisa's E-Book Collection
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- UND
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780553382167
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β¦ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers GrimmPerhaps no other stories possess as much power to enchant, delight, and surprise as those penned by the immortal Brothers Grimm. Now, in the new, expanded third edition, renowned scholar and folklorist Jack Zipes has translated all 250 tales collected and published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, plus twenty-nine rare tales omitted from the original German edition, as well as narratives uncovered in the brothersβ letters and papers. Truly the most comprehensive translation to date, this critically acclaimed edition recaptures the fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended them to be: rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with folklore and song.One of the worldβs experts on childrenβs literature, Jack Zipes is a professor of German at the University of Minnesota and is the author of numerous books on folklore and fairy tales.
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