The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm
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Author: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm GrimmEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-22
ISBN: 1440425469
Number of pages: 210
Publisher: CreateSpace
Book Reviews of The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Book Review: New translation, old is better
Summary: 1 Stars
First of all, there is a problem with the product details: it says 210 pages. Question: how can you cram a complete Grimm into so few pages? However, when you click "view this book" and have a look at the table of contents, it turns out to be much longer. Question again: are the two the same book? You cannot be sure, as it also refers to a 1972 edition.
My main complaint, however, is the quality of the translation. I know that my present favourite "complete" edition is a reprint of the 1853 edition and is probably bowdlerised, but the present neutralised, or rather neutered, edition is even worse than the old Victorian one. As an example, the very first line has an absolutely unnecessary "one":
"In olden times when wishing still helped one..."
is plain awful style. Now, I won't quote my favourite old book, but a new translation (The Annotated Brothers Grimm):
"Once upon a time, when wishes still came true..."
or I can put here a more classical one (The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics (Gramercy Books)), which is a hardback edition for only 20 bucks):
"In olden times, when people could have what they wished for..."
both of which have much better style and--surprise, surprise--do not need an unnecessary gender reference that an overzealous translator feels the unstoppable desire to make politically correct and stylistically stilted.
What can you expect from a book that is so disappointing in its very first line? (Every writer and publisher has been fully aware since "olden times" that the first line sells or fails a book.) If I didn't have three different translations and would be out to find a good one, I would definitely try to find a more decent one.
Summary of The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The all-time classic collection of fairy tales. This easy to read edition includes sixty-two (yes, 62!) favorite tales for children, including: RAPUNZEL
HANSEL AND GRETEL
THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
TOM THUMB
THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS
THE GOLDEN GOOSE
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
and many, many, more!!
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