Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Philip Pullman
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HardCover. Pub Date :2012-11-08 Pages: 405 Language: English Publisher: Viking Adult # 1 New York Times bestseller Philip Pullman retells the world's best-loved fairy tales on their 200th anniversaryTwo centuries ago. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children's and Household Tales. Now Philip Pullman. one of the most accomplished authors of our time. makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm.Pullman retells his fifty favorites. from much-loved stories like Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin. Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretel to lesser-known treasures like The Three Snake Leaves. Godfather Death and The Girl with No Hands. At the end of each tale he offers a brief personal commentary. opening a window on the sources of the tales. the various forms theyve taken over the centuries and their everlasting appeal.Suffused with ...
HardCover. Pub Date :2012-11-08 Pages: 405 Language: English Publisher: Viking Adult # 1 New York Times bestseller Philip Pullman retells the world's best-loved fairy tales on their 200th anniversaryTwo centuries ago. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of Children's and Household Tales. Now Philip Pullman. one of the most accomplished authors of our time. makes us fall in love all over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm.Pullman retells his fifty favorites. from much-loved stories like Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin. Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretel to lesser-known treasures like The Three Snake Leaves. Godfather Death and The Girl with No Hands. At the end of each tale he offers a brief personal commentary. opening a window on the sources of the tales. the various forms theyve taken over the centuries and their everlasting appeal.Suffused with ...
Philip Pullman
In 1946, acclaimed author Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England, into a Protestant family. Although his beloved grandfather was an Anglican priest, Pullman became an atheist in his teenage...
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