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The Turnip Princess
The Turnip Princess: And Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales | Franz Xaver von Schönwerth
A rare discovery in the world of fairy tales - now for the first time in English. With this volume, the holy trinity of fairy tales - the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen - becomes a quartet. In the 1850s, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth traversed the forests, lowlands, and mountains of northern Bavaria to record fairy tales, gaining the admiration of even the Brothers Grimm. Most of Schönwerth's work was lost - until a few years ago, when thirty boxes of manu­scripts were uncovered in a German municipal archive. Now, for the first time, Schönwerth's lost fairy tales are available in English. Violent, dark, and full of action, and upending the relationship between damsels in distress and their dragon-slaying heroes, these more than seventy stories bring us closer than ever to the unadorned oral tradition in which fairy tales are rooted, revolutionizing our understanding of a hallowed genre. 'Schönwerth's tales have a compositional fierceness and energy rarely seen in stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault' -The New Yorker 'Schönwerth's legacy counts as the most significant collection in the German-speaking world in the nineteenth century' - Daniel Drascek, University of Regensburg Franz Xanver von Schönwerth (1810-1886) was born in Bavaria and had a successful career in law and the Bavarian royal court before devoting himself to researching the customs of his homeland and preserving its fairy tales and folklore. Maria Tatar chairs the program in folklore and mythology at Harvard, and has edited and translated many collections of fairy tales. Eeika Eichenseer is a historian and preservationist working for the Bavarian government and the director of the Franz Xaver von Schönwerth Society.
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erikgregersen
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Didn't get any better.

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erikgregersen
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Didn't get any better.

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erikgregersen
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Not really feeling this book so far. A lot of the stories are "this random thing happened then this random thing" like my 7 year old would tell.

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Eyelit
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Do you think there are too many ladies in Grimm's fairy tales? This might be the collection for you. Do you think other fairy tales have too many words and things like character and plot? Then this might be the collection for you. Do you wish that stories read more like a child's book report? Then this definitely is the collection for you! I can't adequately express how disappointed I am with this book. Fifth for #bookisholympics

Lacythebookworm Love that review! I will avoid this one! 8y
Books_Wine_Repeat Great review! šŸ˜† 8y
BookHermit Hmm, had this one on a wish list. Looked so promising šŸ¤” 8y
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quirkyreader I am actually looking forward to this one. But, I completely understand if you didn't like it. I'm one of those odd people who read things like The Song of Roland for fun. šŸøšŸ™ 8y
Louise Surprised by this review! I enjoyed the rough-hewn stories in this collection. 8y
MrBook Aww. Yeah, I'm a fairy take nut lol. I'm with @quirkyreader šŸ˜Š. 8y
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Eyelit
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Ok, so I admit to loving fairy tales despite how problematic they tend to be. Women rarely have any true agency in them... And this person is bemoaning the fact that boys didn't have enough presence in Grimm's fairy tales, and this newly discovered set of tales sets that aright? This does not bode well for my enjoyment of the oncoming stories. (Sad bonus: this intro was written by a woman šŸ˜Ÿ)

AmyS Wtf? Seriously? I'm curious to hear how this plays out. šŸ˜• 8y
BookishFeminist WTF. That is the most BS excuse I have ever heard! Like "no it was this reason not because sexism" ???? 8y
TheLondonBookworm Interestingly enough of you go back to the records we have of orally shares fairy tales that the Grimm's got their stories from, they are often devoid of men entirely. Often they seem to have been used as a mechanism for women to teach their daughters about survival. 8y
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Eyelit @AmyS & @BookishFeminist I stopped reading halfway through last night because the intro wouldn't leave my mind and only 1 story in the first 2 sections I read featured a girl as protagonist 8y
Eyelit @Skiles I think you're right on the first point, and I know you're right on the second (sigh, I'd been saving this book on my tbr as a treat, too) 8y
Eyelit @TheLondonBookworm that's what I thought, or at least I vaguely remember reading something similar back when I was younger and obsessively researched fairy tales. Thanks for chiming in with that! 8y
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I'm 20 minutes from the "starting bell" of the #bookisholympics and I've got my #tbr stack ready to go. Let's see how many of these I'll be able to finish by the end of the week #goingforthegold

BookishFeminist Some excellent choices šŸ‘ŒšŸ¼ 8y
Eyelit Thanks very much @BookishFeminist it means a lot coming from you! I admire your book choices in general! 8y
Varshitha There are some great books there.. I am going through my books to see if I have any books which are less than 300 pages.. Found 3.. Others are all atleast 500 pages longšŸ™„ 8y
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BekahB Nice stack! I'm starting to pick out my books now! 8y
Eyelit @Varshitha it took me forever to dig these out of my tbr shelves, most of my books are over 300 pages. I lucked out that 2 of my recent library books also fit the bill šŸ˜„ 8y
Eyelit Can't wait to see what you choose @BekahB šŸ˜ƒ 8y
BookishFeminist @Eyelit ā¤ļø!! That's really sweet of you & means a lot! I think we have similar taste in books so I admire yours as well. šŸ˜Š 8y
Laalaleighh Is there a page number rule? 8y
Eyelit @Laalaleighh books need to be at least 220 pages 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub Wowie! Nice picks. Good luck šŸŽ‰ 8y
quirkyreader You know that you want to read the Persephone book first. šŸøšŸ™ 8y
Eyelit @quirkyreader oh you know I most def am reading the Persephone book first! šŸ˜‰ 8y
Laalaleighh @eyelit but less than 300 or?? Sorry for all the questions haha 8y
Eyelit No worries @Laalaleighh šŸ˜„ I'd recommend less than 300 unless you're a fast reader or the longer books are lighter reads. You have until the 21st to read 7 books for the gold. The blurb on @TheSpinecrackersBookClub has more info šŸ˜ƒ hope you join us! 8y
Laalaleighh Thanks @Eyelit šŸ˜ŠšŸ˜ŠšŸ˜Š 8y
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Ceciliaslibrary
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Lots of princes and marriage, lots of women and girls who cry and wait for a nice coincidence or to be saved and don't really do much to help their situation. What's disturbing is that old and ugly = bad/evil and young and beautiful = good/virtuous