The first edition of the Brothers Grimms’ tales, in 1812, featured such stories as “How the Children Played at Slaughtering.” Over the next 50 years, each new printing was edited to make it ...

The Brothers Grimm published their first edition of ‘Kinder- und Hausmärchen’ (Children's and Household Tales) on this day in 1812. It contained 86 stories. A second volume followed in 1815 ...

Exactly 200 years ago, the Grimm brothers published the first edition of their fairy tales. Many of the originals were brutal and there was no lack of blood, gore and carnality. But thanks to a ...

The Brothers Grimm published their first edition of ‘Kinder- und Hausmärchen’ (Children's and Household Tales) on this day in 1812. It contained 86 stories. A second volume followed in 1815 ...

In the Grimms’ 1812 version of the story, Cinderella has 12 lines of direct speech, her stepmother four, and the prince four. But by 1857, Cinderella is down to six lines of direct speech.

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were just in their late 20s when they published one of the most significant books in the history of fairy tales. Born in 1785 and 1786 respectively, Jacob ...

These Grimm fairy tales ... University Press has just published a new English translation of the original 165 stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and first published in German in 1812. ...

Published in two volumes in 1812 and 1815, ... Linguists remember Jacob, the elder brother, for Grimm’s Law, his detection of patterns in the ways that sounds shift as languages change.

Grimm's Fairy Tales—the fairly disturbing and ever-iconic 'Children's and Household' stories — first rolled off the presses 200 years ago ...

Grimms' Fairy Tales: Pandering to Humanity's Worst Desires Since 1812. By Noah Berlatsky. November 8, 2012. Share. Save.