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Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

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artemistics's review against another edition

3.0

mostly very strange. at times kinda antisemitic. very silly as well. i'm not sure if the way i read it was the best, mostly because a lot of the stories logically follow the same rules of 3, with similar archetypes, beat-for-beat identical in a lot of cases; there were loads of evil stepmothers, and talking animals, and glass mountains, and disguised princes and princesses, and cheating siblings, and certainly a ton of people named hans. it was fun, in a way, to see the repetition and similarities between certain tales, and wonder how the different stories must have morphed in time and from mouth to mouth throughout history until they became different enough to warrant distinction. the whimsy was always present, and this edition's illustrations were absolutely gorgeous.

remarkieable's review against another edition

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3.0

This was a fun bedtime story read if a bit tedious in its repetitive material. Often the stories would resemble each other structurally and narratively, and many of the tales had quite non sequitur endings. And in general, I could do without the Judeo-Christian overtones.

hercher's review against another edition

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3.0

Interesting. Many of the tales are familiar, but have very different and often gruesome endings.

kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review against another edition

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5.0

The tales of the Brothers Grimm, which they collected mostly from women, young women (Wilhelm married one) are, well, famous. They also went though much editing and revising. The tales got a little holier, more German, and, sometimes, more bloody.

This edition is pretty good; it is standard but affordable. The major tales are here and in the established order.