Grimms' Fairy Tales

Author(s): The Brothers Grimm

Classics

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful - she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both."' This collection of much-loved folk tales features such familiar characters as daring Little Red Riding Hood, crafty Rumpelstiltskin and the ill-fated infants Hansel and Gretel. They are as magical and fascinating today as when they were first told, despite - or because of - the underlying darkness at their heart. Collected in a single volume by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and first published in 1812, these stories are known and loved by adults and children alike, and have grown to be an invaluable part of our collective imagination.

General Information

  • : 9781509826667
  • : PAN MACMILLAN UK
  • : Macmillan Collector's Library
  • : 0.396
  • : October 2016
  • : 158mm X 103mm X 33mm
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : The Brothers Grimm
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : illustrations

More About The Product

The most famous and enchanting collection of fairytales ever published

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born during the 1780s in Hanau, Germany. After studying law, they worked as diplomats and librarians in Kassel. In 1837 they were dismissed from their professorships at the University of Gottingen for refusing to swear allegiance to the new King of Hanover, but were later invited to join the Academy in Berlin, by Frederick William IV of Prussia, where they remained for the rest of their lives. The brothers were two of the greatest scholars that Germany has produced. Aside from their folktales, they produced many different volumes of research, as well as anthologies of verse and song, and two of Germany's most important linguistic texts, the Deutsche Grammatik (German Grammar) and the Deutsche Worterbuch (German Dictionary). Wilhelm died in 1859, and Jacob died in 1863.