Household Stories from the Brothers Grimm

by Brothers Grimm

Overview

This version of Household Tales is an historic 1882 edition with a collection of whimsical illustrations.

Household Tales is a collection of German folk tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales.

The following tales appear in this edition:

THE RABBIT'S BRIDE
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
CLEVER GRETHEL
THE DEATH OF THE HEN
HANS IN LUCK
THE GOOSE GIRL
THE RAVEN
THE FROG PRINCE
CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN GOSLINGS
FAITHFUL JOHN
RAPUNZEL
THE THREE LITTLE MEN IN THE WOOD
THE THREE SPINSTERS
HANSEL AND GRETHEL
THE WHITE SNAKE
THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE
THE GALLANT TAILOR
ASCHENPUTTEL
THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
MOTHER HULDA
LITTLE RED-CAP
THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS
PRUDENT HANS
CLEVER ELSE
THE TABLE, THE Ass, AND THE STICK
TOM THUMB
HOW MRS. FOX MARRIED AGAIN
THE ELVES
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
MR. KORBES
TOM THUMB'S TRAVELS
THE ALMOND TREE
OLD SULTAN
THE SIX SWANS
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
KING THRUSHBEARD
SNOW-WHITE
THE KNAPSACK, THE HAT, AND THE HORN
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
ROLAND
THE GOLDEN BIRD
THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
FRED AND KATE
THE LITTLE FARMER
THE QUEEN BEE
THE GOLDEN GOOSE

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015175905
Publisher:	Balefire Publishing
Publication date:	08/28/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	269
File size:	16 MB
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Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (January 4, 1785 – September 20, 1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (February 24, 1786 – December 16, 1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who together collected folklore. They are among the most well-known storytellers of European folk tales, and their work popularized such stories as "Cinderella", "The Frog Prince" (Der Froschkönig), "Hansel and Gretel" (Hänsel und Gretel), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" (Rumpelstilzchen), and "Snow White" (Schneewittchen). Their first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published in 1812.
The brothers spent their formative years first in the German town of Hanau and then in Steinau. Their father's death in 1796, about a decade into their lives, caused great poverty for the family and affected the brothers for many years. They attended the University of Marburg where historian and jurist Friedrich von Savigny spurred their interest in philology and Germanic studies—a field in which they are now considered pioneers—and at the same time developed a curiosity for folklore, which grew into a lifelong dedication to collecting German folk tales.

The rise of romanticism in the 19th century revived interest in traditional folk stories, which to the Grimm brothers represented a pure form of national literature and culture. With the goal of researching a scholarly treatise on folk tales, the brothers established a methodology for collecting and recording folk stories that became the basis for folklore studies. Between 1812 and 1857 their first collection was revised and published many times, and grew from 86 stories to more than 200. In addition to writing and modifying folk tales, the brothers wrote collections of well-respected German and Scandinavian mythologies and in 1808 wrote a definitive German dictionary (Deutsches Wörterbuch) that remained incomplete in their lifetime.
The popularity of the Grimms' collected folk tales endured well beyond their lifetimes. The tales are available in more than 100 translations and have been adapted to popular Disney films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella.

Place of Birth:

Hanau, Germany

Place of Death:

Berlin, Germany