Selected Folktales/Ausgewählte Märchen: A Dual-Language Book

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Stanley Appelbaum (Editor)

Overview

These 27 world-famous fairy tales have inspired countless adaptations in many languages and all public media and have, for millions of people, become an integral part of childhood. Included are such favorites as "Hansel and Gretel," "The Brave Little Tailor," "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Snow White" as well as less familiar ones: "The Danced-Out Shoes," "The Golden Bird," "The Six Swans," "Mother Holle," and "Straw, Coal and Bean." Stanley Appelbaum provides excellent English translations on pages facing the original German, allowing students to read some of the finest stories of the Brothers Grimm in the original while simultaneously improving their German language skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486424743
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	03/10/2003
Series:	Dover Dual Language German
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	1,103,375
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
"Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich / The Frog King; or, Iron Henry [The Frog Prince] [1]"
"Märchen von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen / Tale of One Who Set Out to Learn Fear [4]"
Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geßlein / The Wolf and the Seven Kids [5]
Brüderchen und Schwesterchen / Brother and Sister [11]
Rapunzel / Rampion [12]
Die drei Spinnerinnen / The Three Spinners [14]
Hänsel und Gretel / Hänsel and Gretel
"Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne / Straw, Coal, and Bean [18]"
Das tapfere Schneiderlein / The Brave Little Tailor [20]
Aschenputtel / Ash-Wallower [Cinderella] [21]
Frau Holle / Mother Holle [24]
Rotkäppchen / Little Red Hood [Little Red Riding Hood] [26]
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten / The Bremen Town Musicians [27]
"Tischchendeckdich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack / Table-Set-Yourself, Gold-Donkey, and Cudgel-Out-Of-the-Sack [36]"
Daumesdick / Big-as-a-Thumb [Tom Thumb] [37]
Die sechs Schwäne / The Six Swans [49]
Dornröschen / Little Briar Rose [Sleeping Beauty] [56]
Sneewittchen / Snow White [53]
Rumpelstilzchen / Rumpelstiltskin [55]
Der goldene Vogel / The Golden Bird [57]
Allerleirauh / All-Kinds-of-Fur [Catskin; Cap o' Rushes] [65]
Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt / Six Men Make Their Way in Life [71]
Hans im Glück / Hans in Luck [83]
Die Gänsemagd / The Goose Girl [89]
die zertanzten Schuhe / The Danced-Out Shoes [133]
Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot / Snow White and Rose Red [161]
Der Meisterdieb / The Master Thief [192]