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What do you think? I've got it on my Amazon wish list but not got around to buying it yet.Grimm's Tales For Young And Old - Translated by Ralph Manheim
"A triumphant new rendering of the two hundred and ten German folktales...rediscovered in the original German editions of the Grimm's works...in which they were first recorded"
What do you think? I've got it on my Amazon wish list but not got around to buying it yet.
Thankyou very much for the info....like many people I was brought up on these tales, what surprised me is that the original tales are so much darker although they remain wonderful stories. Tales for Young and Old is a title apparently much closer to the German 'Kindeund Hausmarchen' than Fairy Tales. I purchased this edition because it has the complete stories. I can recommend the book, it is great for dipping in and out of and the back cover strapline '...he has restored the extraordinary vitality and wit, the acute perceptions of human strength and fragility' is spot-on. However the Penquin Classic edition also gets great reviews (translation) but I am not sure if it includes all of the Grimm's tales.
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