Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
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"Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812. Two brothers, driven by tragedy and hardship to preserve their cultural heritage, gathered ancient folk stories from friends and old books across Germany. What began as 86 tales grew through seven editions into 200 stories that would shape Western children's literature forever. These weren't always the gentle bedtime stories we
know today—early editions sparked controversy for content deemed unsuitable for young readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 |
|---|---|
| Author | Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 |
| Illustrator | Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 |
| Translator | Crane, Lucy, 1842-1882 |
| Title | Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales |
| Credits |
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Fairy tales -- Germany |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 19068 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-19068-6 |
| Release Date | Aug 17, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1124 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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