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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm | Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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Fairy Tales.
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AroundTheBookWorld
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Then she gathered the strawberries, and as she set out on her way home she said, “As the hazel-bush has been my protection this time, it shall in future protect others also.” Therefore, from the most remote times, a green hazel-branch has been the safest protection against adders, snakes, and everything else which creeps on the earth.
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roronoazoro

“The wicked step-mother was taken before the judge, and put into a barrel filled with boiling oil and venomous snakes, and died an evil death.”
Well that escalated quickly.

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Lcsmcat
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When read in their original form you realize that this is #aScaryBook! (At least to readers like me.) #fallisbooked @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

ValerieAndBooks I have that same exact edition! Ordered it through QPBC many years ago. Definitely more gruesome than the versions for today‘s children. 5y
Lcsmcat @ValerieAndBooks Yep - that‘s where we got this one. My husband‘s favorite quote from it is “She was only good to have boots thrown at her head” which probably sounds really awful in German! 5y
KarmonR My edition from QPBC as well. 🤭 5y
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OriginalCyn620 👌🏻📚🖤 5y
ValerieAndBooks 👍👍@lcsmcat @karmonr !! I miss QPBC! Was a member for many years. This was back in the day when trade paperbacks were not that common. Online shopping just isn‘t the same as poring through a paper catalog full of book blurbs. 5y
Lcsmcat @ValerieAndBooks Yes! We joined shortly after we got married and built our library that way. Are they still around? 5y
ValerieAndBooks @Lcsmcat unfortunately not. They got folded into The Literary Guild a few years ago. And the LG apparently is still around, which surprised me — I only see references to BOTM these days! 5y
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sofiaga
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I am really anxious lately, so it fills good to listen to these stories. I read a lot of them when I was little, so I am interested in listening to the differences between editions.