Grimms' Fairy Tales - Hardcover

Grimm, J. L. & W. C.; Carter, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192745298 ISBN 13: 9780192745293

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

Grimms' Fairy Tales is a charming new edition of one of the best-known collections of children's stories of all times. Peter Carter brings a novelist's flair for narrative pace and vivid imagery to these familiar tales while remaining faithful to the spirit and tone of the original orally transmitted stories. The authentic rhythm of spoken English is captured in Carter's clear and resonant style.
All the favorite characters are here--Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood--along with others less well-known in gripping tales such as The Singing Bone and The Carrion Crows. Haunting and powerful, sad and humorous, these stories remain as fresh and fascinating as the first day they were told.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Snow White are among the jewels we owe to the German brothers Grimm, who began in the first decade of the 19th century to seek out and listen to village storytellers. The best-loved of the tales they discovered are now brought together with the marvelous pictures that in 1900 first established the reputation of one of the greatest children's illustrators of all time, Arthur Rackham.

About the Author:

About the author:
Award-winning author Peter Carter studied English language and literature at Wadham College, Oxford.
About the Illustrator:
Peter Richardson is a popular children's book artist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0192745298
• ISBN 13: 9780192745293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238
• Illustrator: Richardson Peter