Grims' Fairy Tales

by Jacob Grimm

The Brothers Grimm traveled widely throughout Germany and other countries, performing field research for their linguistic work, which involved trying to find patterns in how the vowels and consonants which made up specific words changed over time. To determine these patterns, they needed to hear many different examples of authentic speech by various speakers of different ages and in different regions. They eventually discovered that one of the easiest ways to convince older local residents to give them lengthy examples of their natural speech was to ask the residents to tell their favorite stories to the brothers. As the Grimms Brothers recorded the style of speech of the speaker for their research (which eventually led to the formulation of Grimm's Law), they also recorded the various stories that they were told, and eventually published them in 1817.

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Fiction

382 pages, Kindle Edition

About the author

German philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812-1815).

Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.

This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .

Adapted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Ellie Macoco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun lighthearted read!

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a real fun one that has a lot of exciting adventures. It talks about so many cool stories of the way the brothers grim knew fairy tales. They have so many exciting twists to the story which makes its so interesting.

[AudreyMM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Among the most popular tales: "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "The Goose-Girl" ("Die Gänsemagd"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Rapunzel", "Little Red Riding Hood" ("Rotkäppchen"), "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"), "Sleeping Beauty" ("Dornröschen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Many of the Grimms' folk tales have enjoyed enduring popularity. The tales are available in more than 100 languages and have been adapted by filmmakers including Lotte Reiniger and Walt Disney, with films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty. For ages 8+.

[Lars Erickson · Rating 4 out of 5]

i though this book was long but had lots of inerating storys that facinated me

[Mel Ow · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was OK. Lots of kings and queens and jealousy and revenge.

[Matthew Mckissick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eminent, old classic stories. Short and full of imagination and adventure. I love the structure of writing and the words and sentences created.

[Jack Ryder · Rating 5 out of 5]

"and then they all died, the end"

[Lilly Mainer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable stories!

[Katerina · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s such a great book, and so many movies and cartoons are based on it. Definitely a must-read—it’s both entertaining and captivating!

[Hana · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first time reading these fairy tales and honestly, they were very interesting. I would totally read these again and to other people.

[Juancarlos Martinez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Grims Fairy Tales is the original fairy tales were instead of a happy ending a grim ending. There are many fairy tales but one of the worst is little red riding hood. The wolf kills everyone and then dies by the lumber jack. The Fairy Tales use lots of detail in each story to paint a vivid picture in your mind. I like the story's better this way since it shows consequences for something that you should not do. Disney's version of the story takes some of the imagery out. They have many cases of alliteration with some of the story's and similes. This was a very good book of old story's.

[Kayla Miller]

im not all the way done with it but from what i read there realy good and some are a little scary.i recomnd them to every person who wants to read them. some you probley wont know but theres alot you will know.some sounds fun but there all a lot of fun read

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite fascinating to read the fairy tales of old and see how they have evolved. At times, a predictable formula was evident across stories, but overall they represented very creative tales, serving as the inspiration for a number of modern classics.

[Ana Gomez]

The sets of fairy tale stories in this book was captivating and shocking. The original princess like Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella, etc. were gruesome. There are also a variety of different unique stories.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgic and enlightening - quite different from my childhood experiences.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read these when I was a little girl....some where very dark but that's how fairy tales used to be. It was always sweet and clean.