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Grimms' Fairy Tales

Original title: Kinder- und Hausmärchen

Jacob Grimm / Wilhelm Grimm (1785-1863; 1786-1859), trans. Edgar Taylor / Marian Edwardes

Translation en 100587 words First published 1812 Germany

The household tales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in early nineteenth-century Germany — the sourcebook of Western folklore. Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin: nearly every fairy tale everyone knows is here, in versions sharper, stranger and darker than their later nursery polish. First published as Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812, the collection was an act of cultural rescue that preserved the oral imagination of Europe. This edition uses Edgar Taylor's pioneering English translation of 1823.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain in the United States); the Project Gutenberg trademark and license text have been removed on import. Public-domain status determined by the author's death year + 50 years rule.

Table of Contents

  1. 001 THE GOLDEN BIRD 2527 words
  2. 002 HANS IN LUCK 2351 words
  3. 003 JORINDA AND JORINDEL 1133 words
  4. 004 THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS 1361 words
  5. 005 OLD SULTAN 870 words
  6. 006 THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN 503 words
  7. 007 BRIAR ROSE 1510 words
  8. 008 THE DOG AND THE SPARROW 1342 words
  9. 009 THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES 1601 words
  10. 010 THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 2115 words
  11. 011 THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR 908 words
  12. 012 THE FROG-PRINCE 1192 words
  13. 013 CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP 975 words
  14. 014 THE GOOSE-GIRL 2220 words
  15. 015 1. HOW THEY WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO EAT NUTS 837 words
  16. 016 2. HOW CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET WENT TO VISIT MR KORBES 354 words
  17. 017 3. HOW PARTLET DIED AND WAS BURIED, AND HOW CHANTICLEER DIED OF GRIEF 647 words
  18. 018 RAPUNZEL 1401 words
  19. 019 FUNDEVOGEL 938 words
  20. 020 THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR 3336 words
  21. 021 HANSEL AND GRETEL 2929 words
  22. 022 THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE 704 words
  23. 023 MOTHER HOLLE 1267 words
  24. 024 LITTLE RED-CAP [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 1378 words
  25. 025 THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM 1474 words
  26. 026 TOM THUMB 2501 words
  27. 027 RUMPELSTILTSKIN 1138 words
  28. 028 CLEVER GRETEL 932 words
  29. 029 THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON 249 words
  30. 030 THE LITTLE PEASANT 2069 words
  31. 031 FREDERICK AND CATHERINE 1902 words
  32. 032 SWEETHEART ROLAND 1473 words
  33. 033 SNOWDROP 2380 words
  34. 034 THE PINK 1799 words
  35. 035 CLEVER ELSIE 1335 words
  36. 036 THE MISER IN THE BUSH 1166 words
  37. 037 ASHPUTTEL 2563 words
  38. 038 THE WHITE SNAKE 1601 words
  39. 039 THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS 1099 words
  40. 040 THE QUEEN BEE 850 words
  41. 041 THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER 743 words
  42. 042 THE JUNIPER-TREE 3077 words
  43. 043 THE TURNIP 1153 words
  44. 044 CLEVER HANS 895 words
  45. 045 THE THREE LANGUAGES 946 words
  46. 046 THE FOX AND THE CAT 292 words
  47. 047 THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS 1698 words
  48. 048 LILY AND THE LION 2336 words
  49. 049 THE FOX AND THE HORSE 490 words
  50. 050 THE BLUE LIGHT 1739 words
  51. 051 THE RAVEN 2412 words
  52. 052 THE GOLDEN GOOSE 1582 words
  53. 053 THE WATER OF LIFE 2822 words
  54. 054 THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN 1059 words
  55. 055 THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN 2468 words
  56. 056 DOCTOR KNOWALL 778 words
  57. 057 THE SEVEN RAVENS 1008 words
  58. 058 FIRST STORY 409 words
  59. 059 SECOND STORY 372 words
  60. 060 THE SALAD 2189 words
  61. 061 THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS 3780 words
  62. 062 KING GRISLY-BEARD 1469 words
  63. 063 IRON HANS 3208 words
  64. 064 CAT-SKIN 2125 words
  65. 065 SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED 2607 words