Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863

"Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812. Two brothers, driven by tragedy and hardship to preserve their cultural heritage, gathered ancient folk stories from friends and old books across Germany. What began as 86 tales grew through seven editions into 200 stories that would shape Western children's literature forever. These weren't always the gentle bedtime stories we know today—early editions sparked controversy for content deemed unsuitable for young readers. ... Read more

About this eBook

Author	Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859
Illustrator	Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
Translator	Crane, Lucy, 1842-1882
Title	Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
Note	Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales
Credits	Produced by Suzanne Shell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Reading Level	Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language	English
LoC Class	PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject	Fairy tales -- Germany
Category	Text
eBook-No.	19068
Release Date	Aug 17, 2006
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
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