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Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm

by Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863)

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  • 45 chapters
  • Reading level: 6th grade

"Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812. Two brothers, driven by tragedy and hardship to preserve their cultural heritage, gathered ancient folk stories from friends and old books across Germany. What began as 86 tales grew through seven editions into 200 stories that would shape Western children's literature forever. These weren't always the gentle bedtime stories we know today—early editions sparked controversy for content deemed unsuitable for young readers.

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New York

DOVER
PUBLICATIONS, INC.

This new Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Macmillan and Company in 1886.

Standard Book Number: 486-21080-4

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-16327

Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc.
180 Varick Street
New York, N. Y. 10014

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Contents

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  1. New York
  2. Title-Page. Page
  3. The Rabbit's Bride
  4. Six Soldiers of Fortune
  5. Clever Grethel
  6. Hans in Luck
  7. The Goose Girl
  8. The Raven
  9. The Frog Prince
  10. Cat & Mouse in Partnership
  11. Faithful John
  12. The Wonderful Musician
  13. The Twelve Brothers
  14. The Vagabonds
  15. The Brother and Sister
  16. Rapunzel
  17. The Three Spinsters
  18. Hansel and Grethel
  19. The White Snake
  20. The Gallant Tailor
  21. Aschenputtel
  22. Mother Hulda
  23. Little Red Cap
  24. The Bremen Town Musicians
  25. Prudent Hans
  26. Clever Else
  27. Tom Thumb
  28. First Version
  29. Second Version
  30. The Elves
  31. The Robber Bridegroom
  32. Mr Korbes
  33. Tom Thumb's Travels
  34. The Almond Tree
  35. Old Sultan
  36. The Six Swans
  37. The Sleeping Beauty
  38. King Thrushbeard
  39. Snow-White
  40. Rumpelstiltskin
  41. Roland
  42. The Golden Bird
  43. The Little Farmer
  44. The Queen Bee
  45. The Golden Goose

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This free edition of Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #19068, released 2006-08-17. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Short Stories, Children & Young Adult Reading, Mythology, Legends & Folklore, Classics of Literature, German Literature.

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