Product Description
Many of the fairy tales and fables we know and love today (such as The Sleeping Beauty” and Hansel and Gretel”) are stories that the European peasantry told their children to impart morals and warn about the consequences of misbehaving. Up until the nineteenth century, there was no extensive publication of these tales until two German academics, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, collected and published them. Enjoy them today in a beautiful commemorative edition from Canterbury Classics.
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales Reviews
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful: Great to give as a gift., This review is from: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Leather Bound) I saw this book in a local bookstore and it caught my eye very quickly. I bought it for one of my friends as a Christmas gift and I'm sure that they will like it. It is leather bound with gold leafed lettering on the front cover and on the outside of the pages. The pages are very thin, almost like a bible or something of the sort and the words are pretty small print but not so small to render it unreadable. I would say that I am very happy with this buy and I would recommend it to a friend. 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: Great for the price!, By anonymous (USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Leather Bound) This is a fairly inexpensive edition, but you get a lot for your money. The book is beautifully bound, the pages have gold around the edges, and the pages are of normal thickness (which, looking at the comments of reviewers for other books in this series, is not true of all of them). The only downside is that sometimes the translations are a little strange and there are occasional misprints. There are only a few times where these problems are noticeable, however, and my boyfriend and I have had a fantastic time reading through these stories together. The more well known stories are fascinating because original versions of the stories are sometimes quite different than what I heard growing up. The lesser known stories are also interesting, and are often highly entertaining (more than anything because they seem so strange; things have changed a lot since the 1800s). Overall, a great buy! :) 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: Great book, but BEWARE THE PESKY STICKER!, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (Leather Bound) The book itself is GREAT! The only downside is that there is a bar code sticker that the manufacturers have placed on the leather cover. REALLY STUPID ON THEIR PART (not Amazon's). But there is a trick to removing it. Use a hair drier on high heat for a couple of minutes and you can get the sticker to come off without tearing or leaving behind a nasty residue that ruins the cover. If you try to simple peel it off, you WILL scuff up the cover and leave behind sticker bits and sticky residue. Consider yourself warned about the sticker, but don't miss out on a quality leather bound classic. |
› See all 4 customer reviews...
products reviews of cheap Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales cyber monday for sale Lowest Price Guarantee, Save Shipping, and Free 30 Day Returns. Compare prices Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales at main stores.
No comments:
Post a Comment