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The illustrations by Walter Crane are just wonderful, and I found the translations by his wife Lucy Crane to be well-done (although, admittedly, since I've not read the stories in their original German, I'm basing this solely upon how well they read).
My feelings about the stories themselves are mixed. This is due in part to the decisions of the Grimms to collect from their middle class friends and from previously published stories, rather than from a broader selection of storytellers, but even ...more
My feelings about the stories themselves are mixed. This is due in part to the decisions of the Grimms to collect from their middle class friends and from previously published stories, rather than from a broader selection of storytellers, but even ...more
This is by no means beginner's Grimm, but if you've enjoyed the tales in the past, this glimpse into the "original" tales is fascinating. This is the first English translation of the Grimms' first edition of the tales. That means the tales are, for the most part, in their authentic, unaltered, unedited states, as taken down by the Grimms from their inceptive oral storytellers.
This does not make for easy, casual reading, but the tales are fascinating nonetheless. Some are repetitive and share ma ...more
This does not make for easy, casual reading, but the tales are fascinating nonetheless. Some are repetitive and share ma ...more
Oct 09, 2011
Jenna
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fairy-tales,
fairy-tale-collections
Jan 28, 2013
Eric Orchard
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fairy-tales-and-ghosts,
fantasy
Mar 27, 2014
Katy
marked it as physical_to-read_stack
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review of another edition
Shelves:
scifi_fantasy_2015
