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Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm (1785–1863)

  • Free to read
  • 6 hours to read
  • 7 chapters
  • Reading level: 6th grade

"Grimm's Fairy Tales" by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812. Two brothers gathered these stories from oral traditions and old books to preserve German folklore and history. Starting with 86 tales, the collection grew through seven editions to include 200 stories by 1857. These tales, initially criticized as unsuitable for children, became the foundation of Western children's literature. The brothers revised and expanded their work over decades, creating a treasure of stories recognized by UNESCO.

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  • Fairy tales
  • Children's stories, German · Translations into English
  • Fairy tales · Germany

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Chapter I

The mother of Hans said, “Whither away, Hans?”

Hans answered, “To Grethel.”

“Behave well, Hans.”

“Oh, I’ll behave well. Good-bye, Mother.”

“Good-bye, Hans.”

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Contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Chapter I
  3. Chapter II
  4. Chapter III
  5. Chapter IV
  6. Chapter V
  7. Chapter VI

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About this edition

This free edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #52521, released 2016-07-07. 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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