by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140624328
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«Grimm's Fairy Tales» is the collection of fairy tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Selection of German folk tales blending the festive, the grim and the wondrous: giants, dwarfs, witches, princesses, magical animals and cunning protagonists. Set in castles, lakes and deep forests, it includes «The Frog Prince», «Hansel and Gretel», «Cinderella» and «The Old Sultan».
The stories come from the compilation «Kinder- und Hausmärchen», originally published in 1812. The cover reproduces an illustration by Arthur Rackham.
Suitable for young people and adults wishing to discover traditional German tales in their classic form, for both their literary value and historical character.
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German author, linguist, philologist, jurist, and folklorist. He formulated Grimm's law of linguistics, and was the co-author of the Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Grimm; together, they were the literary duo known as the Brothers Grimm.
