Grimm's Fairy Tales
American edition, 1898Original title
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales)
Also called
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Publication history
First edition, two volumes, 86 and 70 stories, 1812 and 1815;
second edition, three volumes, 170 stories, 1819 and 1822;
third edition, 1837;
fourth edition, 1840;
fifth edition, 1843;
sixth edition, 1850;
seventh edition, 210 stories, 1857
Literary form
Stories
Genres
Folk tales, fables, fairy tales, fantasy
Writing language
German
Authors' country
Germany
Length
Seventh edition approx. 325,000 words
Notable lines
In olden times, when wishing still did some good, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, who, indeed, has seen so much, marveled every time it shone upon her face.
— First line, "The Frog King, or Iron Henry"
Passages
She had scarcely spoken it before the cat sprang on her, seized her, and swallowed her down. You see, that is the way of the world.
— "The Cat and Mouse in Partnership"
On the way, the doves picked out one eye from each of them. When returning, they changed places, and the doves picked out the other eye of each, so they were for their wickedness and falsehood both punished with blindness during the rest of their lives.
— Last line, "The Frog King, or Iron Henry"
