Complete Grimm Brother Fairy Tales

With the words “Once upon a time,” the Brothers Grimm transport readers to a timeless realm where witches, giants, princesses, kings, fairies, goblins, and wizards fall in love, try to get rich, quarrel with their neighbors, and have magical adventures of all kinds—and in the process reveal essential truths about human nature.

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm set out to collect stories in the early 1800s, their goal was not to entertain children but to preserve Germanic folklore—and the hard life of European peasants was reflected in the tales they discovered. However, once the brothers saw how the stories entranced young readers, they began softening some of the harsher aspects to make them more suitable for children.

A cornerstone of Western culture since the early 1800s, Grimm’s Fairy Tales is now beloved the world over. This collection of more than 120 of the Grimms’ best tales includes such classics as “Cinderella,” “Snow White,” “Hansel and Grethel,” “Rapunzel,” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “The Frog Prince,” as well as others that are no less delightful.

Contents

THE GOLDEN BIRD 

HANS IN LUCK 

JORINDA AND JORINDEL 

THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS 

OLD SULTAN 

THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN 

BRIAR ROSE 

THE DOG AND THE SPARROW 

THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES 

THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 

THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR 

THE FROG-PRINCE 

CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP 

THE GOOSE-GIRL 

THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET 

RAPUNZEL 

FUNDEVOGEL 

THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR 

HANSEL AND GRETEL 

THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE 

MOTHER HOLLE 

LITTLE RED-CAP [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD] 

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM 

TOM THUMB 

RUMPELSTILTSKIN 

CLEVER GRETEL 

THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON 

THE LITTLE PEASANT 

FREDERICK AND CATHERINE 

SWEETHEART ROLAND 

SNOWDROP 

THE PINK 

CLEVER ELSIE 

THE MISER IN THE BUSH 

ASHPUTTEL 

THE WHITE SNAKE 

THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS 

THE QUEEN BEE 

THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER 

THE JUNIPER-TREE 

THE TURNIP 

CLEVER HANS 

THE THREE LANGUAGES 

THE FOX AND THE CAT 

THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS 

LILY AND THE LION 

THE FOX AND THE HORSE 

THE BLUE LIGHT 

THE RAVEN 

THE GOLDEN GOOSE 

THE WATER OF LIFE 

THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN 

THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN 

DOCTOR KNOWALL 

THE SEVEN RAVENS 

THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX 

THE SALAD 

THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS 

KING GRISLY-BEARD 

IRON HANS 

CAT-SKIN 

SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED 

CINDERELLA

LITTLE SNOW WHITE

THE LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER

HANSEL AND GRETHEL

DUMMLING AND THE THREE FEATHERS

CATHERINE AND FREDERICK

THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR

LITTLE RED CAP

BEARSKIN

FAITHFUL JOHN

THUMBLING

THE SIX SWANS

THE FROG PRINCE

THE TRAVELS OF TOM THUMB

THE THREE LITTLE MEN IN THE WOOD

LITTLE ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES AND THREE-EYES