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Había una vez un leñador que vivía cerca de un gran bosque con su esposa y dos hijos habidos de la primera esposa, que había muerto. Los cuatro eran muy pobres y no tenían para comer. "¡Lleva los niños al bosque y abandónalos!" sugirió una noche la madrastra a su marido. "¡Se alimentarán de arándanos y así nosotros tendremos suficiente pan para los dos!"
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Había una vez una niña que vivía con su madre en una aldea. La abuela, que vivía en el bosque a media hora de camino, la quería mucho, y le había regalado una capa de terciopelo rojo. Aquella capa le gustaba tanto a la niña, que la llevaba siempre puesta, y todos la llamaban Caperucita Roja.
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3) Blancanieves
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Había una vez un rey viudo que tenía una hija llamada Blancanieves. Un día tomo a una mujer bella, pero malvada como esposa. La nueva reina, que era además bruja, todas las noches se preguntaba a su espejo: "Espejito, espejito yo te lustro y te lustraré: pero dime quién es la más bella, o te romperé".
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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), were born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in the German state of Hesse. Throughout their lives they remained close friends, and both studied law at Marburg University. Jacob was a pioneer in the study of German philology, and although Wilhelm's work was hampered by poor health the brothers collaborated in the creation of a German dictionary, not completed until a century after their deaths.
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The Story of Hansel and Gretel – & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm is a fantastic collection of stories, decorated with Arthur Rackham's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as "The Frog Prince," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Valiant Little Tailor," "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Rumpelstiltskin."
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'Grimm's Household Tales' contains fifty of their best-loved stories, edited and translated by Marian Edwardes, and illustrated by R. Anning Bell. It includes the narratives of 'The Golden Goose', 'Briar Rose', 'The Robber Bridegroom', 'Cinderella', 'Tom Thumb', 'The Juniper Tree', 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', and many more. Robert Anning Bell (1863 – 1933) was an English artist and designer, famed for his beautiful watercolours, mosaics,...
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Snowdrop and Other Tales was originally published in 1909, and contains a collection of classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm – all beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The stories include: 'Briar Rose, 'The Elves and the Shoemaker', 'Clever Hans', 'The Goosegirl', 'The Seven Ravens', 'Ashputtel', 'Clever Grethel', and many more.
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This edition of Tales from Grimm is a fantastic selection of 16 stories, decorated with Wanda Gág's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Snow White', and 'Rumpelstiltskin'. Wanda Gág (1893 – 1946), was an American artist, author, translator and illustrator, who won many awards for her intricate and ethereal black-and-white...
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This collection of 'Fairy Tales from Grimm' contains forty-five of their best-known stories, beautifully illustrated throughout, by Gordon Browne. It includes the narratives of 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Rapunzel', 'The Frog Prince', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'Rumpelstiltskin', and many more.
10) Rapunzel
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Había una vez dos pobres campesinos, un hombre y una mujer, que estaban muy tristes porque no tenían hijos. Un día, la mujer le dijo a su marido que estaba esperando un hijo. Durante algunos días, la felicidad reinó en la casa, pero muy pronto comenzaron los problemas.
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'Little Tales from Grimm' contains a delightful collection of stories from the Brothers Grimm – all re-told for children. It contains eleven shortened versions of the tales, including 'The Frog Prince', 'Rapunzel', 'Snow White', 'The Goose Girl', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', and more.
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Había una vez un hombre que tenía un viejo asno con el que había llevado los sacos de harina al molino durante años. Un día el hombre lo miró pensando: "estás cansado, asno mío: mañana me desharé de ti." Pero los burros son inteligentes, y cuando el asno vio aquella mirada, no esperó al amanecer...
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Like Sleeping Beauty awakening from her 100-year slumber, these childhood favorites arise fresh and blooming every time they're read. This new compilation of some of the world's greatest fairy tales abounds in timeless stories of the struggle of good against evil, bravery in the face of overwhelming danger, and virtue rewarded with everlasting love. Told to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm almost two centuries ago by European storytellers, the tales possess...
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One of the true classics of literature, praised by W.H. Auden as one of the founding works of Western culture, this is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known as the Brothers Grimm.
This is probably one of the most beautiful digital version ever made of this story, containing many gorgeous illustrations.
It includes such well-known tales as, "Cinderella", "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rapunzel",...
15) The Golden Goose
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In "The Golden Goose" Dummling, the youngest and simplest of three brothers, is sent into the forest to chop wood. He shares his food and drink with a little gray man who directs him to a tree which, when chopped down, is found to contain a golden goose. Dummling sets off on a journey with the goose under his arm, eventually arriving in a kingdom wherein the king will offer his daughter's hand in marriage to any man who can make her laugh. This fairy...
16) Iron Hans
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In Iron Hans" a series of huntsmen disappear in a mysterious forest. It is eventually discovered that an iron-skinned man is dragging everything into the lake where he lives. The man is captured by the king and subsequently released by the prince, who then sets out on his own. What follows is a coming of age story in which the prince, with the help of the iron-skinned man defeats an army and wins the hand of a princess. The prince is reunited with...
17) The Juniper-Tree
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The Juniper Tree is a German fairy tale that contains themes of child abuse, murder and cannibalism and is one of the Brothers Grimm's darker and more mature fairy tales. In it, a boy is murdered and made into a stew by his evil stepmother, who buries his bones beneath a juniper tree outside their house. The boy is reincarnated as a bird who flies forth from the tree and enlists the townspeople to help him exact revenge. It is thought that the Grimm...
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The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids is a fairy tale that strongly resembles The Three Little Pigs and elements of Little Red Riding Hood. In it, a mother goat leaves her kids home alone, warning them not to open the door. A Big Bad Wolf shows up and tries to talk his way in, but the kids hold fast. When the wolf finally gets past the door through trickery, he eats all but one of the kids. The mother goat returns to find the wolf sleeping under a tree....
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In Briar Rose", better known as "Sleeping Beauty" seven good fairies are invited to be godmothers to the infant princess. An old, overlooked fairy feels slighted and puts a deadly curse on the princess. A kind fairy modulates the curse from death to 100 years of deep sleep which can be terminated by the kiss of a handsome prince. This combination of princess, sleep enchantment and prince exists in multiple folk tales going back as early as the narrative...
20) The Seven Ravens
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In The Seven Ravens a peasant sends his seven sons to fetch water for his daughter's christening. Having lost their pails in the well, they are afraid to return home without having completed their task. The peasant, thinking they have gone off to play, curses them whereupon they are immediately transformed into ravens. When the daughter is grown up she sets off to discover the whereabouts of her long lost brothers. This folk tale exists in multiple...
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