| Grimm's Fairy Stories (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Grimm, Wilhelm (Author), Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (Author), Gruelle, Johnny (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1406549835 ISBN-13: 9781406549836 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $14.44 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Beautifully illustrated collection of the famous stories. The Brothers Grimm were Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, German professors who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales, and for their work in linguistics, relating to how the sounds in words shift over time (Grimm's Law). They began collecting folk tales around 1807. They produced a manuscript collection of several dozen tales, which they had recorded by inviting storytellers to their home and transcribing what they heard. In 1812, they published a collection of 86 German fairy tales in a volume titled Kinder- und Hausmrchen (Children's and Household Tales). They published a second volume of 70 stories in 1814 ("1815" on the title page), which together make up the first edition of the collection, containing 156 stories. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" (0.61 lbs) 184 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Beautifully illustrated collection of the famous stories. The Brothers Grimm were Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, German professors who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales, and for their work in linguistics, relating to how the sounds in words shift over time (Grimm's Law). They began collecting folk tales around 1807. They produced a manuscript collection of several dozen tales, which they had recorded by inviting storytellers to their home and transcribing what they heard. In 1812, they published a collection of 86 German fairy tales in a volume titled Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children's and Household Tales). They published a second volume of 70 stories in 1814 ("1815" on the title page), which together make up the first edition of the collection, containing 156 stories. |