from jbarr5

Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version by Philip Pullman Classic tales and some very uncommon unknown ones as well. 1. The frog King, The cat and mouse set up house, the boy who left who to find out about the shivers, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, etc Like reading about ...

from lostinalibrary

I have always loved fairy tales. Even before I could read, they caught my imagination in a way that other stories didn't and, even as a child, I preferred the pre-Disney stories, the ones in which evil stepsisters were danced to death or locked cupboard contained Bluebeard's murdered wives. As I ...

from rmagahiz

We all know that the original versions of classic fairy tales were weird, but it's good to take a look at exactly how weird they were. Disappearing characters utterly lacking in motives, deviant urges, just plain strange over the top situations that the characters accept as a matter of course, yo...

from melrailey

I've been reading this book a little at night for a long time now. It's been a real experience getting to read some of the real fairy tales and not just sanitized versions. I liked Pullman's translations. One of my favorite parts of the book is the little section at the end of each fairy tale tel...

from Ambia

This is a great collection of fairy tales that have amused people of all ages, I had my younger siblings and parents read it just to check. There are your classic fair tales just before they were 'Disney'fied, sweet stories, dark stories and just plain... stories. My only problem with it is that ...