The Annotated Brothers Grimm is a collection or fairy tales and fictional stories. Some of these include classic fables like Hansell and Gretel and Rapunzel. This book also doesn't just tell the story or fairy tale, it explains the origin of the story, where the story started and much more information. the book is written in such a way that before the story starts you are informed with all the information you need, then you read the story and can really understand it.

To be honest I haven't read all of it but I read it last year and I am re-reading this is probably my favorite versions of fairy tales because, c'mon Disney, nobody is happy :) I love the gore and the realism and just everything about it is amazing!

I have a huge, hardbound copy of this tome out from the library right now. It's beautiful, and I wish I had a coffee table to display it on. On the downside, the book is uncomfortably large to hold and too big for the little book holder I have. I'm sitting at the dining room table to look at it. But I think the format only adds to its impressiveness. I doubt I will ever read the whole thing. I'm just dipping into it in spots. The annotations--the history and tales behind the stories--are the mos...

This is a beautiful edition, but very awkward to hold. I have always loved fairy tales and this edition is wonderful because of the insight the editors give us into the fairy tales. Their origins. The meaning and symbolism. They can be a little gruesome, but fun in their own way. Also, the illustrations included in this edition are delightful.

I gotta say first that this edition is absolutely gorgeous, reading it was just pure pleasure, looking at the amazing illustrations and enjoying myself. I read most of the tales from this collection multiple times as a kid but a few still managed to surprise me, my favorite of them being Godfather Death.

These annotated classics are staples at our house. We have read most of them. These "Annotated Books" contain introductory essays, plenty of explanatory footnotes, and illustrations and stills from both older book versions and productions. The hardcover editions look great on the shelf and are robust enough for our daily readings. Our most recent read is The Annotated Brothers Grimm. These are mostly short tales. We read maybe three at a time. It was interesting to see the morals of these storie...

Once upon a time, I read selections of The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar for a folklore course. Back then, I was impressed by her scholarship, weaving a close reading of the stories with a sociologist's approach to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and the environment in which they collected, edited, and published the famous fairy tales.The same scholarship backs up The Annotated Brothers Grimm, but Tatar's text here -- limited as it must be to margin notes, introduction, and afterw...

This is a lovely celebration and artistic continuation of amazing cultural phenomenon known as the " Brothers Grimm". Their tales have enchanted, enraptured and terrified children and adults alike for generations. This volume includes over forty of their well known tales including Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Briar Rose, Rumplestiltskin, and The Golden Goose. With over 150 paintings drawings and sketches, it brings to life some of the hidden scenes that we all know and lo...

I own a copy of this book and boy is it expensive. I think it is the most pricey book I've ever bought so far. But I'm telling you it is worth it. You will like this book. Especially if you are into fairy tales just like me. Okay, so remember when you were a kid, remember all those fairy tale stuffs you've been told about? Tell you something-they aren't the real story. The Fairy tale books printed for kids and the Fairy tale movies filmed by Disney were all edited to fit the imagination of young...

Really great resource-driven read with excellent annotations and further readings. The formatting is easy on the eyes, and I loved the artwork inclusions too. I'm so lucky to have found this book secondhand for research purposes. My volume is all flagged and marked up, and I have no doubt I'm going to wear the spine ragged. It took me more than half a year, but I did it! It's done.

JACOB and Wilhelm Grimm did not set out to entertain children, not at first. They were primarily collectors and philologists, who almost two centuries ago assembled German fairy tales as part of a life's work that included, Maria Tatar points out, ''massive volumes with such titles as 'German Legends,' 'German Grammar,' 'Ancient German Law' and 'German Heroic Legends.' '' (''Jacob Grimm's 'German Grammar' alone,'' we are told helpfully, ''took up 3,854 pages.'') They published their first collec...

These tales come from the third edition of Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, in which the brothers Grimm strived to remove content they deemed inappropriate for children (any and all allusions to premarital sexual relations for example, and the turning of mothers into step-mothers to preserve the sanctity of motherhood; descriptions of the gruesome punishments faced by the stories' antagonists are left pretty much intact, questionably) whilst setting a good example by making their protagoni...

If you’re into fairy tales, this is the book for you! Surprisingly, this was not easy reading. I thought I could do a tale or two a night, but I found them pretty darn heavy and downright disturbing at times – and to think these were for children – and although simply written, this took me a year to get through! But, from a historical perspective, it was worth it. I would have rated this a 5 if I found the annotations more useful. I really enjoyed the “annotated” Dickens, and thought this would

What to say about the Brothers Grimm? They were there, they were kind of awesome. In fact, one of the surprises about this volume for me was the biographical portion. It was interesting to learn that Jacob and Wilhelm considered themselves scholars foremost, and their passion for folklore was part of their passion for German culture (particularly pre-Industrial culture), language (they died in the "F"s for their German dictionary, which isn't surprising when you consider the Germans have a word

I should make it clear at the outset that I like the stories themselves. My problem is with the annotations. The annotations dealing with the social realities of the culture and the many variants of the more well-known stories are interesting, but disappointingly rare. Rather, most of the notes range from useless and unperceptive to just plain annoying. For example, part of a note on "Hansel and Gretel" helpfully informs us that:"The 'perfect happiness' of the ending is brought about in part by

I read the first edition of this years ago. Like i must have been around 12 or 13 when I read it, and it was formative to my love of folktales and mythology. I bought this bicentennial version a few years ago on whim, and hopefully I'll soon have time to actually crack the spine and read it.

I have always been a huge fan of fantasy, fairy tales and folklore and this collection of tales certainly did not disappoint. I'm sure that part of my love for the Grimm's tales in particular comes from being raised by my German mother and interacting with her family in Germany. We always had several fairy tale books as children and my mother also incorporated scenes from fairy tales into several pieces of her artwork.What made this book especially interesting to me was the analysis provided in

This was great! Junior really enjoyed hearing these stories at bedtime. It was fascinating to read the original versions of many tales that Disney has made familiar (and changed substantially in the process!).

Even if one doesn’t enjoy The Lord of the Rings movies, one must admit that a great deal of hard work and dedication was put in by a considerable number of people. This lengthy volume may lack the number of contributors but the hard work shows here as well. Some dude at the library was hogging the online catalog kiosk and the other two were down so I asked this old foreign library where I could find something by the Brothers Grimm. Perhaps, she was Germanic because she seemed rather pleased that...

3.5 starsMostly enjoyable fairytales, ranging from Cinderella to Little Red Riding Hood. It's amazing how the stories have been translated into well loved children's movies.Next time I read this, and I will, I will skip the annotations and notes before each story. Both took away from the experience.