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08 November 2005

Tales Collected by the Brothers Grimm. Two hundred fairy tales from the 1884 translation by Margaret Hunt.

post by: LeeJay at: 01:15 | 14 comments

*cries*

No illustrations.

*pouts*

good find, however.

posted by peacay 08 November | 03:15

Here you go, peacay. There aren't as many tales but you can choose multiple illustrations for each, as well as different translations.

posted by LeeJay 08 November | 03:21

Could somebody please stop selling drugs to the Brothers Grimm!

posted by seanyboy 08 November | 03:34

But the little sausage stayed so long on the road that they both feared something was amiss, and the bird flew out a little way in the air to meet it. Not far off, however, it met a dog on the road who had fallen on the poor sausage as lawful booty, and had seized and swallowed it. The bird charged the dog with an act of barefaced robbery, but it was in vain to speak, for the dog said he had found forged letters on the sausage, on which account its life was forfeited to him.

Look, seanyboy, I'm not sure what you're complaining about. The sausage had forged letters! What else was the dog supposed to do?

posted by LeeJay 08 November | 04:06

Thank you, LeeJay. This IS a good find.

I've a friend who is illustrating book covers for school editions of the Grimm tales in Denmark. His publisher wanted "cute", My friend prevailed, as "cute" is just WRONG. :)

posted by reflecked 08 November | 06:04

The dog said it had found forged letters... Where are the letters? Where's the evidence of the letters? Where can a sausage hide letters? Why would a dog even mention the letters? It's a dog. Dog's are not lawyers. What Is Going On.

/breaks down - sobbing.

posted by seanyboy 08 November | 07:05

I never tire of reading these. I love how truely weird, dark, and twisted these stories are in their original form. The Grimms book I had as a kid was quite a bit more sanitzed.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 08 November | 08:05

Nice!

posted by omiewise 08 November | 08:10

I love how truely weird, dark, and twisted these stories are in their original form.

Me too. Seriously, how's this for a happy ending: and then every one was dead.

posted by LeeJay 08 November | 08:13

I know I can count on you guys to give me a giggle when I need one. The dog, the sausage and the bird has been the best part of today, so far.

posted by taz 08 November | 08:46

Well thanks LeeJay, that was service. Consider your tip at 30%.

I love Cruikshank. Man, he was prolific. No Rackham however. I was wandering through there the other day.

[And taz, what did you finally do yesterday? Or should I go back and look at thread...ok I'll do that shall I? I shall.]

posted by peacay 08 November | 09:08

I loved these when I was a kid. I think I recall Cinderella's lovely little songbird friends plucking out the stepsisters' eyes at the end. Can't wait to go back and re-read.

posted by amro 08 November | 10:03

I did a paper in college on sex and violence in kid's lit, the bulk of which covered the Bros. Grimm. It was the most fun I ever had writing a paper.

I like to point out how f-ed up the classics are whenever someone starts in on the "kids today are so bombarded with violence" rant. The princess didn't kiss the frog, people, she smashed him against the wall until the prince popped out!

posted by jrossi4r 08 November | 11:41

Awesome! Thanks, LeeJay!

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 November | 13:09

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