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Grimms' Fairy Tales

Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863)

63 chapters and parts · about 8 hours to read

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What the book is about

"Grimms' Fairy Tales" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is a German collection of fairy tales first published in 1812. Beginning with 86 stories and eventually expanding to 210 tales across seven editions, this seminal work transformed oral folklore into written literature. The brothers collected stories from friends, acquaintances, and old books to preserve German cultural history. What started as a scholarly project evolved through decades of revisions, with tales added and removed, content adjusted for young readers, and illustrations incorporated to become a cornerstone of Western children's literature.

This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.

  • Fairy tales -- Germany

Chapters

  1. Preparer’s Noteabout 1 minute
  2. The Golden Birdabout 13 minutes
  3. Hans in Luckabout 12 minutes
  4. Jorinda and Jorindelabout 6 minutes
  5. The Travelling Musiciansabout 7 minutes
  6. Old Sultanabout 4 minutes
  7. The Straw, the Coal, and the Beanabout 3 minutes
  8. Briar Roseabout 8 minutes
  9. The Dog and the Sparrowabout 7 minutes
  10. The Twelve Dancing Princessesabout 8 minutes
  11. The Fisherman and His Wifeabout 11 minutes
  12. The Willow-Wren and the Bearabout 5 minutes
  13. The Frog-Princeabout 6 minutes
  14. Cat and Mouse in Partnershipabout 5 minutes
  15. The Goose-Girlabout 11 minutes
  16. The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partletabout 9 minutes
  17. Rapunzelabout 7 minutes
  18. Fundevogelabout 5 minutes
  19. The Valiant Little Tailorabout 17 minutes
  20. Hansel and Gretelabout 15 minutes
  21. The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausageabout 4 minutes
  22. Mother Holleabout 6 minutes
  23. Little Red-Cap [little Red Riding Hood]about 7 minutes
  24. The Robber Bridegroomabout 7 minutes
  25. Tom Thumbabout 13 minutes
  26. Rumpelstiltskinabout 6 minutes
  27. Clever Gretelabout 5 minutes
  28. The Old Man and His Grandsonabout 1 minute
  29. The Little Peasantabout 10 minutes
  30. Frederick and Catherineabout 10 minutes
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  1. Sweetheart Rolandabout 7 minutes
  2. Snowdropabout 12 minutes
  3. The Pinkabout 9 minutes
  4. Clever Elsieabout 7 minutes
  5. The Miser in the Bushabout 6 minutes
  6. Ashputtelabout 13 minutes
  7. The White Snakeabout 8 minutes
  8. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kidsabout 5 minutes
  9. The Queen Beeabout 4 minutes
  10. The Elves and the Shoemakerabout 4 minutes
  11. The Juniper-Treeabout 15 minutes
  12. The Turnipabout 6 minutes
  13. Clever Hansabout 4 minutes
  14. The Three Languagesabout 5 minutes
  15. The Fox and the Catabout 1 minute
  16. The Four Clever Brothersabout 8 minutes
  17. Lily and the Lionabout 12 minutes
  18. The Fox and the Horseabout 2 minutes
  19. The Blue Lightabout 9 minutes
  20. The Ravenabout 12 minutes
  21. The Golden Gooseabout 8 minutes
  22. The Water of Lifeabout 14 minutes
  23. The Twelve Huntsmenabout 5 minutes
  24. The King of the Golden Mountainabout 12 minutes
  25. Doctor Knowallabout 4 minutes
  26. The Seven Ravensabout 5 minutes
  27. First Storyabout 2 minutes
  28. Second Storyabout 2 minutes
  29. The Saladabout 30 minutes
  30. King Grisly-Beardabout 7 minutes
  31. Iron Hansabout 16 minutes
  32. Cat-Skinabout 11 minutes
  33. Snow-White and Rose-Redabout 13 minutes

Grimms' Fairy Tales, by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #2591, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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