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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Author:Jack Zipes Perhaps no other stories possess as much power to enchant, delight, and surprise as those penned by the immortal Brothers Grimm. But until recently most Americans knew them only secondhand, in adaptions that greatly reduced the power of the original. Now, renowned scholar ad folklorist Jack Zipes has translated all 210 tales collected and publ... more »ished by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, plus 40 lesser-known stories omitted from the original German edition and never before available in English. The most comprehensive translation to date, this critically acclaimd edition recaptures the fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended them to be-rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with folklore an song.« less