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Había una vez un leñador que vivía cerca de un gran bosque con su esposa y dos hijos habidos de la primera esposa, que había muerto. Los cuatro eran muy pobres y no tenían para comer. "¡Lleva los niños al bosque y abandónalos!" sugirió una noche la madrastra a su marido. "¡Se alimentarán de arándanos y así nosotros tendremos suficiente pan para los dos!"
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Había una vez una niña que vivía con su madre en una aldea. La abuela, que vivía en el bosque a media hora de camino, la quería mucho, y le había regalado una capa de terciopelo rojo. Aquella capa le gustaba tanto a la niña, que la llevaba siempre puesta, y todos la llamaban Caperucita Roja.
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3) Blancanieves
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Había una vez un rey viudo que tenía una hija llamada Blancanieves. Un día tomo a una mujer bella, pero malvada como esposa. La nueva reina, que era además bruja, todas las noches se preguntaba a su espejo: "Espejito, espejito yo te lustro y te lustraré: pero dime quién es la más bella, o te romperé".
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This collection of 'Fairy Tales from Grimm' contains forty-five of their best-known stories, beautifully illustrated throughout, by Gordon Browne. It includes the narratives of 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Rapunzel', 'The Frog Prince', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'Rumpelstiltskin', and many more.
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Snowdrop and Other Tales was originally published in 1909, and contains a collection of classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm – all beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The stories include: 'Briar Rose, 'The Elves and the Shoemaker', 'Clever Hans', 'The Goosegirl', 'The Seven Ravens', 'Ashputtel', 'Clever Grethel', and many more.
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This edition of Tales from Grimm is a fantastic selection of 16 stories, decorated with Wanda Gág's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Cinderella', 'Snow White', and 'Rumpelstiltskin'. Wanda Gág (1893 – 1946), was an American artist, author, translator and illustrator, who won many awards for her intricate and ethereal black-and-white...
7) Rapunzel
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Había una vez dos pobres campesinos, un hombre y una mujer, que estaban muy tristes porque no tenían hijos. Un día, la mujer le dijo a su marido que estaba esperando un hijo. Durante algunos días, la felicidad reinó en la casa, pero muy pronto comenzaron los problemas.
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'Grimm's Household Tales' contains fifty of their best-loved stories, edited and translated by Marian Edwardes, and illustrated by R. Anning Bell. It includes the narratives of 'The Golden Goose', 'Briar Rose', 'The Robber Bridegroom', 'Cinderella', 'Tom Thumb', 'The Juniper Tree', 'The Frog Prince', 'Hansel and Gretel', and many more. Robert Anning Bell (1863 – 1933) was an English artist and designer, famed for his beautiful watercolours, mosaics,...
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The Story of Hansel and Gretel – & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm is a fantastic collection of stories, decorated with Arthur Rackham's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as "The Frog Prince," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Valiant Little Tailor," "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Rumpelstiltskin."
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'Little Tales from Grimm' contains a delightful collection of stories from the Brothers Grimm – all re-told for children. It contains eleven shortened versions of the tales, including 'The Frog Prince', 'Rapunzel', 'Snow White', 'The Goose Girl', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', and more.
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The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is fantastic collection of stories, decorated with Arthur Rackham's splendid illustrations. Included, are such well-known and loved stories as 'Briar Rose', 'The Frog Prince', 'Rapunzel', 'The Valiant Little Tailor', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'The Robber Bridegroom', 'Tom Thumb', 'Aschenputtel', and many more.
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One of the true classics of literature, praised by W.H. Auden as one of the founding works of Western culture, this is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known as the Brothers Grimm.
This is probably one of the most beautiful digital version ever made of this story, containing many gorgeous illustrations.
It includes such well-known tales as, "Cinderella", "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rapunzel",...
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Había una vez un hombre que tenía un viejo asno con el que había llevado los sacos de harina al molino durante años. Un día el hombre lo miró pensando: "estás cansado, asno mío: mañana me desharé de ti." Pero los burros son inteligentes, y cuando el asno vio aquella mirada, no esperó al amanecer...
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Like Sleeping Beauty awakening from her 100-year slumber, these childhood favorites arise fresh and blooming every time they're read. This new compilation of some of the world's greatest fairy tales abounds in timeless stories of the struggle of good against evil, bravery in the face of overwhelming danger, and virtue rewarded with everlasting love. Told to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm almost two centuries ago by European storytellers, the tales possess...
15) The Golden Goose
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In "The Golden Goose" Dummling, the youngest and simplest of three brothers, is sent into the forest to chop wood. He shares his food and drink with a little gray man who directs him to a tree which, when chopped down, is found to contain a golden goose. Dummling sets off on a journey with the goose under his arm, eventually arriving in a kingdom wherein the king will offer his daughter's hand in marriage to any man who can make her laugh. This fairy...
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In this tale, twelve princesses, each of astounding beauty, are locked by their father in their shared bedroom each night. Vexed to discover that their dancing shoes show signs of wear every morning, the king demands an explanation, which they refuse to give. The king offers his kingdom and marriage to any of his daughters as a reward to the man who solves the mystery. However, if the mystery remains unsolved after three nights, the erstwhile suitor...
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The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids is a fairy tale that strongly resembles The Three Little Pigs and elements of Little Red Riding Hood. In it, a mother goat leaves her kids home alone, warning them not to open the door. A Big Bad Wolf shows up and tries to talk his way in, but the kids hold fast. When the wolf finally gets past the door through trickery, he eats all but one of the kids. The mother goat returns to find the wolf sleeping under a tree....
18) Rapunzel
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In the story of Rapunzel a childless couple awaits the arrival of their firstborn. One day, the husband is caught stealing the salad greens, called Rapunzel that his wife craves from the yard of the evil witch next door. The witch strikes a deal with the man, obtaining their firstborn child in return for all the Rapunzel the wife can eat. The child, growing up in captivity with the witch turns into a beautiful maiden with a voice of gold, and extraordinarily...
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In Snowdrop (or "Snow White") a queen sewing by the window during a snowfall pricks her finger. Admiring the drops of blood on the snow, she wishes for a daughter "as white as that snow, as red as that blood, and as black as this ebony window frame!" The queen dies, but not before giving birth to Snowdrop. The girl's stepmother, a vain and vindictive woman, plots to eliminate Snowdrop, who grows more beautiful by the day. Snowdrop is left in the forest...
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Ashputtel, or Cinderella, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. In it, a young girl is forced by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters to a life of servitude, and to sleep next to the fireplace, earning her the nickname "Ashputtel". Elements of the Grimm treatment of this story are much more intense than the Perrault or Disney versions, with the stepsisters experiencing a more violent conclusion. The theme...
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