Fairy tales
by Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm], Wilhelm Grimm · first published 1800
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A collection of fifty tales collected by the German folklorists, including some little-known or previously unpublished.
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> Folktales were not originally for children. I learned this the hard way. I purchased a beautifully made "Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales" to read to my then toddler. There are some particularly disturbing stories but I was surprised by how many were flat out nonsensical or silly (like The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear [0]).…
on “Tolstoy’s Children’s Stories” ↗Compared to the original Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales which included such kid-friendly topics as child abuse, incest, murder, and cannibalism this doesn't sound too bad.
on “The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends”” ↗