Grimm's Fairy Tales -

J.L.C, W.C. Grimm

CRW Publishing Ltd

2004

387 páginas

12h 54m

ISBN-13: 9781904633709

"Merrily the feast I'll make, Today I'll bbrew, tomorrow bake; Merilly I'll dance and sing, For next day will a stranger bring; Little does my lady dream Rumplestiltskin is my name!"

Grimm's Fairy Tales are the most famous and enchanting collection of fairytales ever written down and published. For the past two centuries, these delightful stories gathered together by two of Germany's leading academics, have entertained and frightened children and adults alike. The lives of Tom Thumb, Cinderella, Rumpelstilskin and the Frog Prince from part of our common heritage; they stimulate the imagination and the heart, and linger at the back of our mind for a lifetime. They are funny, disturbing, wise and compassionate. They speak of joy and terror, happiness and revenge, love and violence. They take us by the hand and lead us into different landscapes where we can remember how it felt the ifrst time that an adult voice read them to us as we fell asleep and dreamed magical dreams.

Resenhas (3)

3.5 (Bom)

This book made available by Amazon brings countless tales of the Brothers Grimms, some already known, others not so much, the tales are mostly quite violent including the one that had princesses and princes which left me very impressed. The exaggerated amount of short stories in this work made the reading tiring for me, I think it would be more profitable if the book were divided into two volumes, as for English, some readings were very easy to understand and others a little complicated because they contain old English terms and made them at all times look for the meanings in the dictionary this is of course great for learning new words, but it has become very tiring and discouraging to read, but for those who are at a more advanced level will surely love the book.