Sunday, October 18, 2020

Complete Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)

Brothers Grimm
Complete Fairy Tales




An entertaining and interesting collection of folk tales. Lots of recurring themes and some fairly gruesome endings for people - the standard punishment for malevolent behaviour seemingly to be put in a barrel with nails hammered into it and rolled down a hill. A very interesting commentary on the tales is at the back which is a shame as would have been even more interesting if read before the tales to put them in context.