Also visit: Hans Christian Andresen's fairy tales, Andrew Lang's fairy tales or Charles Perrault's fairy tales
Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales
The Brothers Grimm are probably the best known story tellers in the world. Many years have passed since the time Jackob and Wilhelm Grimm released their "Children's and household tales". The first Volume of Grimm's fairy tales was released in 1812, and the second - in 1814. The first edition and was very modest, both in appearance and capacity - there were only 83 fairy tales, compared to the 200 we know today.
The foreword to the collection was signed by the Brothers Grimm on October 18th, 1812. The booklet was highly appraised in this era of spectacular bloom of romance, when the German national consciousness was formed and nationalist aspirations were awakening.
Brothers Grimm kept updating their collection with newly gathered and recorded fairy tales. In their lifetime the fairy tale collection was translated into almost all European languages, while the German version already had six editions. This was The Grimms first experience of scientific studies and process of folklore and their first major success. For their exceptional scientific achievements modern researchers call them "fathers and founders of German philology."
The tales:
English
Notes: Translated by Margaret Hunt, this is the only book that contains the complete collection of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales - 200
fairy tales and 10 legends.Translator: Margaret Hunt
Published: 1884
Publisher: George Bell and Sons, London
Notes: Translated by Edgar Taylor
and Marian Edwardes, this book contains 62 of Grimm's fairy tales. In comparison to the previous title this one is oriented torwards younger listeners.Translator: Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes
Published: 1876
Publisher: R. Meek & Co., London
Notes: The translator of this little book is unknown. It contains 25 fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.Translator: Unknown
Published: 1922
Publisher: Cupples and Leon Company, New York
Notes: Translated by Lucy Crane, this fairy tale collection features 52 of Grimm's fairy tales. This new Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Macmillan and Company in 1886.Translator: Lucy Crane
Published: 1963 (1886)
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York (Macmillan & Co, London)
Notes: Here you will find all of the Grimm's fairy tales from the books above put together.Top Grimm's fairy tales as visited by users
2.Cinderella - Margaret Hunt
3.Rapunzel - Margaret Hunt
4.Rumpelstiltskin - Taylor/Edwardes
5.Hansel and Grethel - Margaret Hunt
6.Little Snow-White - Margaret Hunt
7.Little Red-Cap [Riding Hood] - Taylor/Edwardes
8.The Story of the Youth who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was - Margaret Hunt
9.Rumpelstiltskin - Margaret Hunt
10.Little Red-Cap [Riding Hood] - Margaret Hunt
Grimm's fairy tales in audio format |
Grimm's Fairy Tales in audio format - Listen to 62 of the Grimms fairy tales in audio format. This audio release seem to be based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tales translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
Dutch |
Fairy tales
by the Brothers Grimm -
The Dutch translation contains 39 fairy tales Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Translator: Martha van Vloten Published: 1906 Publisher:De Maatschappij voor Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur - Amsterdam |
French |
The Brothers Grimm fairy tales -
The French translation contains 20 of fairy tales Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Translator: Unknown Published: 1885 Publisher: Eugene Ardant ET Cto., Limoges |
Polish |
Cinderella -
One of the most popular of Grimm's fairy tales translated in Polish. Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Translator: Boleslaw Londynski
Published: 1885 Publisher: F. Korn, Warsew Marszalkowska 65th |