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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100394709306
ISBN-139780394709307
eBay Product ID (ePID)165774
Product Key Features
Book TitleComplete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Number of Pages880 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fairy Tales & Folklore / General
Publication Year1976
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Fiction
AuthorBrothers Brothers Grimm
Book SeriesThe Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight37.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-282750
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Among the few indispensable, common-property books upon which Western culture can be founded . . . It will be a mistake if this volume is merely bought for a child; it should be, first and foremost, an educational 'must' for adults." W. H. Auden,The New York Times "Here it is, clear and fine and solid, beautifully and passionately illustrated, this one bookother than the Biblethat has truly made Western man." P. L. Travers,The New Republic "Everyone should possess and know Grimm's Fairy Talesone of the great books of the worldand no English-speaking person could do better than this edition." Richard Adams,The New York Times Book Review "[A] splendid edition, admirably illustrated." Edmund Wilson,The New Yorker, "Among the few indispensable, common-property books upon which Western culture can be founded . . . It will be a mistake if this volume is merely bought for a child; it should be, first and foremost, an educational 'must' for adults." W. H. Auden, The New York Times "Here it is, clear and fine and solid, beautifully and passionately illustrated, this one bookother than the Biblethat has truly made Western man." P. L. Travers, The New Republic "Everyone should possess and know Grimm's Fairy Talesone of the great books of the worldand no English-speaking person could do better than this edition." Richard Adams, The New York Times Book Review "[A] splendid edition, admirably illustrated." Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker
Grade FromFifth Grade
SynopsisThe stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way children--and adults--learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, H nsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of the more than two hundred enchanting characters included in this volume. The tales are presented just as Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally set them down: bold, primal, just frightening enough, and endlessly engaging. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Illustrated by Josef Schari / Commentary by Joseph Campbell Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library, One of the most beloved collecitons of fairy tales in a splendid new paperback edition. Lyrically translated and beautifully illustrated, the tales in this collection are presented just as the Brothers Grimm originally set them down - bold, primal, just frightening enough and endlessly engaging., One of the most beloved collections of fairy tales in a splendid new paperback edition. For almost 200 years, these stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children - and adults - learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty are only a few of more than 200 enchanting tales included in this collection. Lyrically translated and beautifully illustrated, these stories are presented just as the Brothers Grimm originally set them down.
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