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Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Selection)

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Selection)

Paper book: €21.99

Digital: €5.99

Original publication
1857
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
493
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Children's Literature, Fantasy
Moods
Be enchanted, Feel comforted, Escape it all
Translated from
German

Book summary

This collection brings together forty tales gathered by the Brothers Grimm: Snow White and the queen's magic mirror, Hansel and Gretel lost in the forest, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and lesser-known ones such as “The Blue Light”. Here we meet witches, talking animals and clever young heroes.

These are the tales children have been told for two centuries, here in the text of the Grimms' last edition, from 1857, which is often darker than the versions we know.

Short and simply written, they can be read one by one in the language you are learning.

The plot

カエルと金のまり。お姫さまが井戸のそばで、金のまりで遊んでいます。まりは水に落ちてしまい、水が深くて底も見えません。カエルが、友だちにして食卓にも寝床にも入れてくれるなら取ってきてあげる、と申し出ます。

The world of the book

森と城と水車小屋。これはドイツの昔話です。王さまや貧しいきこり、粉屋や兵隊が出てきます。森ではオオカミが女の子に話しかけ、魔女はパンとお菓子の家に住み、七人の小人は七つの山の向こうに暮らしています。たいてい、いちばん貧しい者やいちばん小さい者が、知恵や優しい心で勝ちます。

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