Grimms' Complete Fairy Tales

This book contains 66 original tales collected by the brothers Grimm. The exact print source is unknown. The etext appears to be based on the translation by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes called Grimm's Household Tales, and it is identical to her edition.



-The Frog King, or Iron Henry

-The Good Bargain

-The Twelve Brothers

-Rapunzel

-Hansel and Grethel

-The White Snake

-Cinderella ..and More



The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales:



The Golden Bird

Hans In Luck

Jorinda And Jorindel

The Travelling Musicians

Old Sultan

The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean

Briar Rose

The Dog And The Sparrow

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Fisherman And His Wife

The Willow-Wren And The Bear

The Frog-Prince

Cat And Mouse In Partnership

The Goose-Girl

The Adventures Of Chanticleer And Partlet

Rapunzel

Fundevogel

The Valiant Little Tailor

Hansel And Gretel

The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage

Mother Holle

Little Red-Cap [Little Red Riding Hood]

The Robber Bridegroom

Tom Thumb

Rumpelstiltskin

Clever Gretel

The Old Man And His Grandson

The Little Peasant

Frederick And Catherine

Sweetheart Roland

Snowdrop

The Pink

Clever Elsie

The Miser In The Bush

Ashputtel

The White Snake

The Wolf And The Seven Little Kids

The Queen Bee

The Elves And The Shoemaker

The Juniper-Tree

The Turnip

Clever Hans

The Three Languages

The Fox And The Cat

The Four Clever Brothers

Lily And The Lion

The Fox And The Horse

The Blue Light

The Raven

The Golden Goose

The Water Of Life

The Twelve Huntsmen

The King Of The Golden Mountain

Doctor Knowall

The Seven Ravens

The Wedding Of Mrs Fox

The Salad

The Story Of The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was

King Grisly-Beard

Iron Hans

Cat-Skin

Snow-White And Rose-Red..



Wilhelm was born in February 1786 in Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel. In 1803, he started studying law at the University of Marburg, one year after his brother Jacob started there. The two brothers spent their entire lives close together. In their school days, they had one bed and one table in common; as students, they had two beds and two tables in the same room. They always lived under one roof and had their books and property in common. In Berlin

In 1825, 39-year-old Wilhelm married pharmacist's daughter Henriette Dorothea Wild, also known as Dortchen. Wilhelm's marriage did not change the harmony of the brothers.



Richard Cleasby visited the brothers and observed, "they both live in the same house, and in such harmony and community that one might almost imagine the children were common property."



Wilhelm's character was a complete contrast to that of his brother. As a boy, he was strong and healthy, but while growing up he suffered a long and severe illness which left him weak the rest of his life. He had a less comprehensive and energetic mind than his brother, and he had less of the spirit of investigation, preferring to confine himself to some limited and definitely bounded field of work. He utilized everything that bore directly on his own studies and ignored the rest. These studies were almost always of a literary nature.