Grimm's Fairy Tales - Tapa dura

This illustrated collection of the classic fairy tales collected by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and translated by Margaret Hunt. Several illustrations by the famous Arthur Rackham accompany the text. The fairy tales included range from the ever-popular 'Cinderella' and 'Snow White' to the morbid Hansel and Gretel to the fantastic King Thrushbeard. Containing morality lessons while often maintaining a darker side than most children's stories, these fairy tales make excellent reading for both children and adults.

Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) were German academics who specialized in folk culture. They collected over 200 folk tales during their lives and the methodology they developed became the basis for modern-day folklore studies.