Grimm's Fairy Tales & Childrens Classics (Unabridged Edition)

by Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm & Wilhem Karl Grimm

Overview

Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen).

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012396105
Publisher:	Lions Gate Classics
Publication date:	03/23/2011
Series:	Lions Gate Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	330 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

The Brothers Grimm (German: Die Brüder Grimm or Die Gebrüder Grimm), Jakob Grimm (4 January 1785 – 20 September 1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859), were German academics best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales, which subsequently became very popular.[1] Jakob also carried out academic work in philology, related to how the sounds in words shift over time (Grimm's law). They can be counted along with Karl Lachmann and Georg Friedrich Benecke as founding fathers of Germanic philology and German studies. The brothers began to compile the first German dictionary, but only managed to get as far as the letter F.

They are among the best-known story tellers of European folk tales, and their work popularized such stories as "Cinderella" (Aschenputtel), "The Frog Prince" (Der Froschkönig), "Hansel and Gretel" (Hänsel und Gretel), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" (Rumpelstilzchen), "Sleeping Beauty" (Dornröschen), and "Snow White" (Schneewittchen).