"Grimms’ Fairy Tales are among the few indispensable common-property books upon which Western literature can be said to be founded… It is hardly too much to say that these tales rank next to the Bible in importance.” -W. H. Auden,
The New York Times

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Two hundred years ago, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm traveled around Europe collecting fairy tales that had been told around family hearth-fires for centuries before them. This volume includes the original stories of Snow White, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, the Brave Little Tailor, Little Red Riding Hood, the Bremen Town Musicians, Sleeping Beauty, the Elves and the Shoemaker, and many more. Readers will be surprised to learn how the fairy tales changed when they were made into Disney princess movies…

This Canon Classic contains fifty-four of the most well-loved Grimms’ fairy tales (plus a few surprises), translated simply and wonderfully by Margaret Hunt. The Canon Classics series presents the most definitive works of Western literature in a colorful, well-crafted, and affordable way. Unlike many other thrift editions, our classics feature individualized designs that prioritize readability by means of proper margins, leading, characters per line, font, trim size, etc. Each book’s materials and layout combine to make the classics a simple and striking addition to classrooms and homes, ideal for introducing the best of literary culture and human experience to the next generation.

This edition does not feature a worldview guide or introduction.