Author: Gebrüder Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)
Original Title: Kinder- und Hausmärchen
Genre: Children’s book
Original publisher: Reimer Verlag
Date first published: 1812 (Part 1); 1815 (Part 2)
Date first read: ca. May 1992
Main character(s): multiple
Favorite quote: N/A
Synopsis:
The collection of the fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm includes some of the most famous stories (and Disney movies) ever told: Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, and Snow White.
It also has some stories that not all people know, like The Twelve Princesses, The Story of the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear, The Three Little Men in the Woods, and many more. The brothers actually did not write the stories but collected the stories that were passed down verbally for generations into a written format for the first time.
Review:
Do I love the Grimms' fairy tales? Absolutely! To this day, I enjoy these fairy tales, especially in their original grim(m) form and language. (Grim(m)? Get it, get it? Ok, ok, lame pun.) Mind you, I am quite guilty of ridiculously enjoying the Disney cartoon versions of these, too.
The book in which I read these was a collection of some of the most famous ones, as well as the others, less famous ones. I remember this was the first time I read The Twelve Princesses, the original Frog King, or Iron Henry, and The Goose Girl. It was one of the last books I read before leaving what used to be Yugoslavia. I wish I could find it, but I have turned my aunt's place upside down the last time I was there, and nothing. I think I have to resign myself to it being lost / given away.
P.S. Yes, there are several titles in here with the name "Bajke." That means fairy tales in my language, and yes, most fairy tale books were titled just thus, with no info on the author until you got to the index page.
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