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Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
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"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician:
he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale."
— Marie Curie [1867-1934]
"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
— C.S. Lewis [1898-1963]
"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
— G.K. Chesterton [1874-1936]
'Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales' books entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Brothers Grimm Store {returns 600+ titles} at Amazon
Spirit of America Bookstore's Brothers Grimm of Germany Page
"Brothers Grimm Film Festival Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
The Books
As work progressed on the Brothers Grimm of Germany Page, it became clear that after 1884, the popular books mostly utilized the 'definitive' translations by
Margaret Hunt, so the significant difference among the books became the illustrations. And after coding lots of books there, the important/complete publications
were kept and the other, smaller or more recent editions were cut over to this page.
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 | "The 1810 Grimm Manuscripts: The First Complete English Translation of The 1810 Handwritten Manuscripts" [2015] Compiled, Translated & Annotated by Oliver Loo
The Grimm Brothers sent a manuscript with over 50 tales to their friend Clement Brentano of Berlin, seeking help with publication; the manuscript was neither published nor returned; the German-language manuscript was published in 1927 and in 1975; the actual manuscript was purchased at auction in 1960 by the Bodmer Library & Museum in Switzerland • official books site Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2015] for $4.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [10/2015] for $24.99 |
 | "Kinder- Und Hausmärchen: German Edition" [1812 & 1815] by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm German-language Kindle Edition from Subach Verlag [8/2011] for 99¢ German-language Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [2/2018] for $13.57 German-language Hofenberg Verlag 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2016] for $26.85 |
 | "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" [1812 & 1815] by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm Ausgabe letzter Hand mit den Originalanmerkungen der Brüder Grimm (final manuscript with original notes by the Brothers Grimm); drei Bände in einer Kassette (3 volumes in slipcover box) 1506-page Kindle Edition from Reclam Verlag [10/2014] for $32.99 {sic} Reclam Philipp 8x5¼ hardcover 3-volume set [10/2014] for $35.31 |
 | "Household Stories by The Brothers Grimm" [1882] 50 stories translated by Lucy Crane [1842-82], Illustrated by Walter Crane [1845-1915] Kindle Edition from Dover Publns [2/2012] for $7.55 Dover Publns 8¼x5¼ pb [6/63] for $12.79 Wildside Press 8½x5½ pb [8/2012] for $13.46 Cosimo Classics 8½x5½ hardcover [7/2009] for $0.00 1914 edition available as free online etext at Internet Archive |
 | "Grimm's Household Fairy Tales, Illustrated" [1890] newly translated from the original by Ella Boldey, with illustrations by R. Andre [1834-1907] McLoughlin Bros. New York hardcover [1895] long out of print/scarce available as free online etext at University of Florida Digital Collections |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales Retold In One-Syllable Words: Illustrated" [1899] by Jean S. Rémy original publication by McLoughlin Brothers, New York 160-page Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [11/2015] for 99¢ 160-page Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [5/2017] for $9.57 158-page Forgotten Books 9x6 hardcover [11/2017] for $27.16 |
 | "Fairy Tales of The Brothers Grimm" [grades 4 & up; 1900] Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [1867-1939] original publication by J.B. Lippincott Company, also published by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York in 1912; translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas; includes 59 stories with 101 color and black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Rackham Kindle Edition from Race Point Publng [2/2015] for $9.99 Digireads.com Publng 8½x5½ pb [2/2017] for $7.95 Franklin Classics 9¼x6 pb [10/2018] for $13.81 Race Point Publng 8x6¼ hardcover [2/2015] for $7.91 256-page Canterbury Classics 8½x6¼ hardcover [8/2017] for $8.29 available as free online etext at Internet Archive |
 | "Grimm's Household Tales" [1901] Illustrated by R. Anning Bell [1862-1933] contains fifty of Grimm’s best-loved stories, edited and translated by Marian Edwardes circa 1827, and illustrated by Robert Anning Bell; original publication by J.M. Dent & Company, Ltd. of London and E.P. Dutton & Co. of New York City 312-page Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2012] for $2.56 416-page Kindle Edition from Pook Press, UK [4/2013] for $2.99 426-page Wentworth Press 9¼x6 pb [8/2016] for $18.95 416-page Pook Press, UK 8½x5½ hardcover [2/2013] for $27.99 420-page Sagwan Press 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2015] for $27.99 available as free online etext at Internet Archive |
 | "Fairy Tales From Grimm" [1909] Edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie [1846-1916], Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts [1877-1959]
with 6 lovely color plates and 6 b&w pen and ink drawings; originally published by Edward Stern Co. and by Barse & Hopkins, New York in 1909 89-page Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1925] long out of print/used Barse & Hopkins hardcover [1909] long out of print/scarce |
 | "Grimm's Animal Stories" [1909] Pictures by John Rae (with 7 color plates)
112-page Duffield and Co. 9x8¾ hardcover [1909] out of print/scarce |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales: 36 Classic Tales" [Rand McNally & Co. 1912] Illustrated by Hope Dunlap [1881-??] 218-page Kindle Edition from Pook Press, UK [1/2018] for $6.51 292-page Pook Press, UK 10x7 hardcover [11/2016] for $41.99 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales" [25 stories 1914] Illustrated by John B. Gruelle [1880-1938] & R. Emmett Owen [1878-1957] original publication by Cupples and Leon Co., New York; translated from the German by Margaret Hunt 184-page 1922 edition CreateSpace 9x6 pb [2/2016] for $6.85 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales" [38 stories 1920] Selected & Illustrated by Elenore Abbott [1875-1935] Kindle Edition from Pook Press, UK [4/2013] for $3.99 Pook Press, UK 10½x7¼ pb [5/2015] for $27.99 Pook Press, UK 10x7 hardcover [8/2012] for $35.99 published by Scribners, New York (1945) |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales: 51 Illustrated Children's Fairy Tales" [1922] Compiled and Edited by Frances Jenkins Olcott [1872-1963], Illustrated by Rie Cramer [1887-1977]
Kindle Edition from Abela Publng [2/2018] for $1.99 Nabu Press 9¾x7½ pb [8/2010] for $4.36 Ulan Press 10x7½ pb [8/2012] for $30.99 indep 9x6 pb [4/2019] for $45.37 Pook Press 10x7 hardcover [11/2016] for $44.99 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales" [1924] Edited and with Introduction by Orton Lowe original publication by John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia; 60 illustrations, with colored plates by Edwin John Prittie John C. Winston hardcover [1924] long out of print/used |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales" [1927] over 50 stories Illustrated by Rie Cramer Pook Press 10x7 hardcover [11/2016] for $44.99 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales: 12 Classic Tales" [orig 1934] Illustrated by Rie Cramer & Goldy Young Kindle Edition from Racehorse/Simon & Schuster [6/2018] for $7.99 Racehorse for Young Readers hardcover [5/2018] for $3.98 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales Complete Edition" [1944, rev 1976] with 212 illustrations by Josef Scharl [1896-1954] Pantheon Books 9x6 hardcover [1944] out of print/used 1976 Edition: Introduction by Padraic Colum, Commentary by Joseph Campbell [1904-87] Pantheon Books 9¼x6 library hardcover [9/76] for $16.00 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales: 55 Favorites From The Brothers Grimm" [1945]
Illustrated by Fritz Kredel [1900-73]; using translations of Mrs. E.V. Lucas, Lucy Crane, and Marian Edwardes Grosset & Dunlap 8¼x5½ hardcover [1945] out of print/used |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales" [1962] Edited by Louis and Bryna Untermeyer, Illustrated by Lucille Corcos, with a Foreword by Louis Untermeyer and an Essay by Andrew Lang The Easton Press 8¾x6½ leather hardcover [1980] for $31.00 The Easton Press 9x6½ hardcover [1980] for $88.20 Heritage Press slipcased 10¾x8&frac hardcover [1962] 2 volumes - out of print/used Heritage Press slipcased 10¾x8&frac hardcover [1962] 2 volumes - out of print/used |
 | "Six Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm With Original Illustrations by David Hockney" [1970] Stories newly translated by Heiner Bastian Royal Academy Books 8¼x6 hardcover [3/2012] for $16.88 Kasmin Gallery/Petersburg Press London hardcover [1970] for $149.89 |
 | "The Golden Book of Grimm's Fairy Tales" [20 stories 1970] Retold by Jane Carruth, Illustrated by Benvenuti Golden Press/Western 11x8 hardcover [3/77] out of print/used Golden Press/Western 9x6½ hardcover [1970] out of print/used |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales: Twenty Stories" [1973] Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [1867-1939] 127-page Penguin Books 7x5 pb [9/78] out of print/used 127-page Viking Press hardcover [10/73] out of print/50+ used |
 | "Sixty Fairy Tales of The Brothers Grimm" [1979] Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [1867-1939] Weathervane Books 10x7¼ hardcover [1979] for $88.00 {sic} |
 | "The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm" [1987] Translated and with Introduction by Jack Zipes, Illustrated by John B. Gruelle [1880-1938] 'All-new Third Edition': includes 29 tales published in English for the first time Kindle Edition from Bantam/Random House [3rd edition 2003] for $11.99 Bantam Classics mass pb [3/88] out of print/used 800-page Bantam Books 3rd edition 9¼x6 pb [2003] for $16.29 784-page Bantam Books 2nd edition 9x6 pb [10/92] out of print/60+ used 733-page Bantam Classics 8¾x6 pb [1987] out of print/70+ used 800-page Turtleback Books 9½x6¼ library hardcover [2003] for $18.40 
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 | "The Illustrated Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales" [60 stories 1988] Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [1867-1939] Portland House 9x7 hardcover [2001] out of print/many used Gramercy 9¼x7 hardcover [3/88] out of print/used |
 | "Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales" [2001] Compiled by Barnes & Noble Books 643-page Barnes & Noble Books 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2001] for $3.29 {sic} |
 | "The Annotated Brothers Grimm" [2004] Edited with Preface & Notes by Maria Tatar, Introduction by A.S. Byatt W.W. Norton & Co. 10x8½ pb [2004] for $38.26 W.W. Norton & Co. 10x8¼ pb [10/2012] out of print/used W.W. Norton & Co. 10¼x9 hardcover [10/2012] for $31.04 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales Thrift Edition" [2007] 43 stories using translations of Margaret Hunt 212-page Kindle Edition from Dover Publns [3/2012] for 60¢ {sic} 208-page Dover Publns 8¼x5¼ pb [5/2007] for $5.00 |
 | "Usborne Illustrated Grimm's Fairy Tales" [2010] 15 stories retold by Ruth Brocklehurst & Gillian Doherty, and a short biography of the Grimm Brothers; Illustrated by Rafaella Ligi Usborne Books 7¾x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $16.71 Italian-langauge Usborne Publng 8¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2011] for $24.52 |
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"Classic Starts®: Grimm's Fairy Tales" [2011] Retold from the classic originals by Deanna McFadden, Illustrated by Eric Freeberg eleven of the Grimms' most popular stories: The Brave Little Tailor, Briar Rose, Cinderella, The Golden Goose, Hansel and Grethel, Little Brother and Little Sister, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White, The Boy Who Learned Fear, and The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes Kindle Edition from Sterling Children's Books [6/2011] for $3.49 Sterling Children's Books 7½x5½ hardcover [6/2011] for $6.95 |
 | "Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales" leather bound edition [2011] Introduction by historian Kenneth C. Mondschein, PhD; 211 stories using translations by Margaret Hunt 652-page Canterbury Classics 9¼x6¼ leather-bound hardcover [11/2011] for $16.61 |
 | "The Juniper Tree and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm" [21 stories 2011] Translated by Anthea Bell Kindle Edition from Pushkin Press/Penguin Random House [11/2011] for $7.99 Pushkin Collection mass pb [5/2012] for $14.86 |
 | "The Brothers Grimm, Volume 1: 101 Fairy Tales" [2012] using translations by Margaret Hunt Kindle Edition from Canterbury/Simon & Schuster [10/2012] for $4.99 Advantage Publrs pb [11/2012] out of print/used Canterbury Classics/Word Cloud 7¾x5¼ Flexibound [9/2012] for $8.00 "The Brothers Grimm, Volume 2: 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales" [2013] using translations by Margaret Hunt Kindle Edition from Canterbury/Simon & Schuster [4/2013] for $4.99 Canterbury Classics pb [11/2012] for $10.83 Canterbury Classics/Word Cloud 7½x5 Flexibound [7/2013] for $10.99 |
 | "Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm: A New English Version" [2012] National bestseller by Philip Pullman Popular author Pullman's fifty favorite Grimm stories with commentary Kindle Edition from Penguin Classics [11/2012] for $11.99 Penguin Classics 8½x5½ deckle-edge pb [10/2013] for $14.40 Viking Penguin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2012] for $16.99 |
 | "An Illustrated Treasury of Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, and Many More Classic Stories" [2013] Illustrated by Daniela Drescher Originally published in German in 2012, includes 30 classic tales Floris Books 11x8½ hardcover [5/2013] for $16.99 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales" [2013] 70 tales with 150 black-and-white illustrations by Walter Crane & Arthur Rackham; using translations of Margaret Raine Hunt Kindle Edition from The Planet [7/2013] for $2.99 The Planet 9½x6¾ pb [5/2014] for $11.99 Robin Books 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2018] for $13.07 |
 | "The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales" [2013] - all 211 stories, with a selection of stunning color reproductions by the famous illustrator Arthur Rackham
752-page Kindle Edition from Race Point Publng [9/2013] for $14.99 752-page Knickerbocker/Race Point Publng 10x7 slipcover edition [9/2013] for $21.20 |
 | "The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition" [2014] Translated & Edited by Jack Zipes, Illustrated by Andrea Dezsö Unclear why Zipes included only 156 of the 201 stories from the original 1812 & 1815 editions, especially since his 'Complete' edition of 1987 contains over 240 stories newly translated by him Kindle Edition from Princeton Univ Press [10/2014] for $12.37 Princeton Univ Press 8x5¾ pb [10/2016] for $15.14 Princeton Univ Press 8¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2014] for $22.71 |
 | "Kinder- und Hausmärchen / Grimm's Fairy Tales: German / English Bilingual Edition" [2015] using the 1884 English translation by Margaret Hunt bilingual CreateSpace 11x8½ pb [3/2015] for $39.90 |
 | "Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales" [2015] all 240+ stories, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham Barnes & Noble Books 9½x6½ hardcover [2015] out of print/many used |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales: Dual Language (German-English)" [15 stories, grades 4 & up; 2015] 124-page bilingual JiaHu Books, UK 8½x5½ pb [5/2015] for $12.00 |
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"Tales of The Brothers Grimm: Drawings by Natalie Frank" [2015] Book designed by Marian Bantjes, Introduction by Jack Zipes 36 carefully chosen, unsanitized fairy tales collected by the illustrious brothers are here reinterpreted in 75 gouache & chalk pastel drawings, and cast in a surrealist dreamscape; additional text by Claire Gilman, Linda Nochlin, Julie Taymor • official bookpage Damiani 12x9 hardcover [5/2015] for $55.43 {sic} |
 | "The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales" [2016] all 211 stories from the 1897 Margaret Hunt translation, with selected b&w illustrations of 1900 by Arthur Rackham Chartwell Classics 9½x7 hardcover [7/2016] for $12.84
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"Grimm: The Illustrated Fairy Tales of The Brothers Grimm" [2017]
192-page Little Gestalten 9¾x7¾ hardcover [5/2017] for $14.99 |
 | "Grimm's Fairy Tales: Slipcase Edition" [2017] contains 80 selected tales using the 'definitive' translations of 1884 by Margaret Hunt and illustrations of 1900 by Arthur Rackham Sirius 9½x7¾ slipcover hardcover [9/2017] for $22.40 |
 | "Muppets Meet The Classics: Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm" [2018] Stories adapted by Erik Forrest Jackson, Illustrated by Owen Richardson 18 stories with titles such as "Kermit The Frog Prince", "Janice! Janice! Let Down Your Hair", "Snowdrop and The Seven Penguins", "Unclestiltskin", and "Pepé & Polly" Penguin Workshop 7x5 pb [10/2018] for $8.99 |
 | "Cuentos de Los Hermanos Grimm (Clásicos Ilustrados)" [2018] Illustrated by John Coulhart 560-page Spanish-language Editorial Alma 8½x6 hardcover [12/2018] out of print/used the versions below appear to lack illustrations 170-page Spanish-language Kindle Edition from Tecnibook Ediciones [11/2011] for 99¢ 846-page Spanish-language Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [10/2019] for $2.99 857 page Spanish-language Kindle Edition from Editorial Medí [10/2011] for $5.99 282-page Spanish-language CreateSpace 11x8½ pb [9/2015] for $12.58 { poor choice of font } 736-page Spanish-language Editorial Medí pb [1/2013] for $24.99 |
 | "Grimms' Fairy Tales" [2019] from Dover Children's Evergreen Classics 45 unabridged stories 'collected from standard editions' Dover Publns pb [6/2019] for $6.48 |
The Grimm Diaries Prequels [est. 2013] by Cameron Jace
Interesting premise: The 'real' stories that led up to the events of the tamed-down tales published by the Brothers Grimm.
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"The Grimm Diaries, Book 1: Snow White Sorrow" [2013]
Kindle Edition from Storybook Publng [9/2013] for 99¢ CreateSpace 9x6 pb [8/2013] for $7.09 "The Grimm Diaries, Book 2: Cinderella Dressed In Ashes" for Kindle [2013] Kindle Edition from CreateSpace [8/2013] for $3.99 "The Grimm Diaries, Book 3: Blood, Milk & Chocolate, Part 1" for Kindle [2015] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [1/2015] for $3.99 "The Grimm Diaries, Book 4: Blood, Milk & Chocolate, Part 2" for Kindle [2016] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [1/2016] for $3.99 "The Grimm Diaries, Books 1-4" for Kindle [2016] Kindle Edition from Storykiller Books [12/2016] for $4.99 |
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"The Grimm Diaries Prequels, Volume 1: Tales 1-6" for Kindle [2013]
includes Snow White Blood Red, Ashes To Ashes & Cinder To Cinder, Beauty Never Dies, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, Blood Apples, plus bonus story Kindle Edition from Storykiller Books [11/2013] for $5.99 "The Grimm Diaries Prequels, Volume 2: Tales 7-10" for Kindle [2013] includes Once Beauty Twice Beast, Moon & Madly, Rumpelstein, Jawigi Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2013] for $5.99 "The Grimm Diaries Prequels, Volume 3: Tales 11-14" for Kindle [2013] includes Children of Hamlin, Tooth & Nail & Fairy Tale, Ember in the Wind, and Welcome to Sorrow, plus bonus Jar of Hearts and Happy Valentine's Slay Kindle Edition from Storybook Publng [6/2013] for $5.99 "The Grimm Diaries Prequels, Volume 4: Tales 15-18" for Kindle [2013] includes Snow White Black Swan, The Pumpkin Piper, Prince of Puppets, and The Sleeping Swan Kindle Edition from Storybook Publng [8/2013] for $5.99 "The Grimm Diaries Prequels, Volumes 1-4: Omnibus Edition" for Kindle [2016] Kindle Edition from Storybook Publng [4/2016] for $5.99 "The Grimm Diaries Prequels, Volume 5: Tales 19-24" for Kindle [2016] includes Friday The Thirteenth, The Fisherman's Son, Lady Bluebeard, Thirteen Years of Snow, Sun Moon & Sorrow, and Spindle Spindle Little Star Kindle Edition from Storykiller Books [7/2016] for $3.99 |
Non-Fiction on the Subject
 | "The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales" [1987] by Maria Tatar Kindle Expanded Edition from Princeton Univ Press [1/2019] for $13.49 Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ Expanded Edition pb [1/2019] for $15.99 Princeton Univ Press Expanded 2nd Edition pb [2/90] for $23.60 |
 | "The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions" [1993] Edited by Donald Haase contributors include Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Maria Tatar, Jack Zipes, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Jane Yolen, and award-winning artist Trina Schart Hyman Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/96] for $4.85 Wayne State Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/93] out of print/used |
 | "Grimms' Fairy Tales: A History of Criticism On A Popular Classic" [1993] by James M. McGlathery Camden House Studies in German Literature 9½x6½ hardcover [12/93] out of print/used |
 | "Clever Maids: The Secret History of The Grimm Fairy Tales - How The Brothers Grimm Really Found Their Stories" [2005] by Valerie Paradiz
Kindle Edition from Basic Books/Hachette [4/2009] for $9.99 Basic Books 7½x5¼ pb [7/2005] out of print/many used Basic Books 6¾x5½ hardcover [1/2005] out of print/used |
 | "Princes, Frogs, and Ugly Sisters: The Healing Power of The Grimm Brothers' Tales" [2010] by Dr. Allan G. Hunter Kindle Edition from Findhorn Press/Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [8/2010] for $13.99 Findhorn Press 9x6 pb [8/2010] for $7.65 |
 | "Grimms' Tales Around The Globe: The Dynamics of Their International Reception" [2014] Edited by Vanessa Joosen & Gillian Lathey Kindle Edition from Wayne State Univ Press [6/2014] for $24.99 Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2014] for $32.99 |
The Tales
Book 1 of "Kinder und Hausmärchen" was published in 1812 with 86 stories, which are designated by scholars as KHM1 to KHM86. Book 2 of "Kinder und Hausmärchen" was published in 1815 with 114 stories, KHM87 to KHM200; ten children's legends (Kinderlegende) were added to the 1819 edition, KHM201 to KHM210. The total story count is 240 tales, plus or minus.
Of course, the combined page got real big real fast, so it was soon split into two parts:
top of page 2 • the tales • book 1 • book 2 • other tales
The Authors
The Brothers Grimm were born in the town of Hanau in Hesse-Cassel (now Germany): Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1785 and Wilhelm Carl Grimm in 1786; they spent most of their childhood in the nearby town of Steinau. They attended the University of Marburg where they began a lifelong dedication to researching the early history of German language and literature, including German folktales. Their collection of "Kinder- Und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales)" was first published in two volumes in 1812 and 1815, with much revision for each subsequent edition and expansion from 156 stories to more than 200. Individually, they published a large body of linguistic and literary scholarship; together, in 1838, they began work on a massive historical "German Dictionary (Deutsches Wörterbuch)" which, in their lifetimes, they completed only as far as the word 'Frucht (fruit)' - the dictionary was completed by others with Volume 32 in 1961 {sic} and a supplemental Volume 33 in 1971!
Brothers Grimm entry at Wikipedia
Spirit of America Bookstore's Brothers Grimm of Germany Page
Movies & Television, Stageplays, Other Media
Brothers Grimm Film Festival Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Jacob Grimm [1785–1863] credits as writer [300+ items since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
Wilhelm Grimm [1786–1859] credits as writer [300+ items since 1897] at Internet Movie Database
The Internet Movie Database lists credits for over 300 films based on the folk tales published by the Brothers Grimm – from the first Grimm folk tale movie the silent film
"Rapunzel" in 1897, all the way to several new projects that are 'in production' as you read this – plus there are dozens more that were produced but are not listed
or credited. All of those films are being coded on another page.
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The Internet Broadway Database shows only four productions credited to the Brothers Grimm as source material, from 1870 to 1971: "Pippin" [1870]; "Wonderland" [1905] based on
"The Dancing Princess", with music by Victor Herbert; "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" [1912]; and "Paul Sills' Story Theatre" [Oct 1970 - July 1971].
Brothers Grimm credits at Internet Broadway Database
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"Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" Broadway stageplay [1912]
 | successful stage production on Broadway: opened at The Little Theatre from November 1912, moved to Maxine Elliott's Theatre in Janary 1913, ending date unknown; written {using the pseudonym Jessie Braham White} & produced by Winthrop Ames [1870-1937]; starring Marguerite Clark, Donald Gallaher, Elaine Inescort & Arthur Barry
credits at IBDb • stageplay entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs: The Broadway Play of 1912" playscript [1912] Written by Winthrop Ames [1870-1937], using the pseudonym Jessie Braham White Kindle Edition from Meredith Press [5/2013] for $5.99 Samuel French Acting Edition 89½x5½ pb [10/2015] for $8.54 Classic Youth Plays of The Broadway Stage 9x6 pb [5/2017] for $8.95 Samuel French pb [1925] out of print/used |
 | "Snow White" silent feature [Famous Players/Paramount Dec 1916] For several years until 1917, Walt Disney [1901-66] and his brother Roy delivered morning and evening newspaper routes in Kansas City; in January 1917, the Star newspaper sponsored five free screenings of J. Searle Dawley’s sensationally popular cinematic adaptation of the hit theatrical production of "Snow White"; this viewing was the reason that Walt's first animated feature was the story of "Snow White" • Presented by Daniel Frohman; produced & cinematography by H. Lyman Broening; directed by J. Searle Dawley; written by Winthrop Ames, based on his hit 1912 Boadway stageplay; starring Marguerite Clark, Creighton Hale, Dorothy Cumming, Lionel Braham, Alice Washburn, Richard Barthelmess, Arthur Donaldson, Addie E. Frank, with dwarfs Irwin Emmer, Billy Platt, Herbert Rice, Jimmy Rosen full credits at IMDb • 1916 movie entry at Wikipedia • watch full movie [2/2017 upload; 1:25:40] online at YouTube double feature DVD with "Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp" [Fox 1917] Alpha Video DVD [12/2014] for $5.99 |
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"Snow White Live at Radio City Music Hall" [1980]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKmW5xxpXfk [1:30:00]
Produced by Robert F. Jani, directed by Kirk Browning, uploaded 6/2016
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"Philip Pullman: Grimm Tales" BBC Radio 4 Oct 2014]
Five short tales from Grimm dramatised and read by Philip Pullman, available for listening online at Internet Archive
readings homepage at BBC Radio 4 •
readings homepage at Internet Archive
"The Riddle" [7:31] KHM 22
"The Musicians of Bremen" [6:45] KHM 27
"The Moon" [4:50] KHM 175
"Rumpelstiltskin" [5:15] KHM 55
"Little Red Riding Hood" [5:36] KHM 26
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"Grimm's Fairy Tales: Sparkling New and Exciting Dramatizations" [1966] by The Hanky Pank Players Sony Music Ent./R.C.A. Legacy MP-3 music album download [11/20188] 10 tracks for $8.99 Allegro Records vinyl LP album [1966] out of prodn/scarce ten skits: "Little Red Riding Hood", Aesop's "The Honest Woodman", "Cinderella", "Hansel and Gretel", "The Fisherman and His Wife", "The Elves and The Shoemaker", "Rumpelstiltskin", non-Grimm "The Three Little Pigs", "The Sleeping Beauty", and non-Grimm "Jack and The Beanstalk" |
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L i n k s
'Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales' books entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Brothers Grimm Store {returns 600+ titles} at Amazon
Spirit of America Bookstore's Brothers Grimm of Germany Page
"Brothers Grimm Film Festival Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
here on the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales [1812 & 1815] Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore
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"Brothers Grimm Film Festival Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
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