Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812 and went on revising the collection until the seventh edition of 1857, which contained more than two hundred tales. This translation by Margaret Hunt, published in 1884 as Grimm's Household Tales, was the first complete English version and includes the Grimms' own notes on sources and variants. Here are Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog King, Little Red-Cap, Cinderella, The Fisherman and His Wife, The Bremen Town Musicians, and the many less familiar stories of clever tailors, faithful servants, cruel stepmothers and talking animals that the brothers collected from the storytellers of Hesse and Westphalia It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the first story free.
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Is Household Tales by Brothers Grimm in the public domain?
Yes. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm is a public-domain work, here in the translation by Mrs. Alfred William Hunt. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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