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This was an interesting pair that I read back to back.
I never realized the mom was the villain the first edition.
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel was a unique retelling set during World War II. It was dark, twisted, and disturbing. I'm still not sure how I feel about it.
TheBookHippie It‘s all fascinating to me. Look how differently it is portrayed as hundreds of years go by. 14mo
tpixie Oh! Thanks! I forgot I had this book on my shelf. I‘ll have to read it!!! 14mo
tpixie Yes. So do you think the mother was the mean lady in the house that they killed? And that‘s why the mother was dead when they returned home??? that‘s what I was interpreting it as I read it this time and I thought maybe I was making it up. .. 14mo
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TheBookHippie @tpixie oh I‘m so glad you said that. I had the same thought!!!! I don‘t know either but it is how I interpreted it!! 14mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie lol well we must be right! 14mo
sblbooks @tpixie @TheBookHippie could be🤔 14mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie @sblbooks someone else has the same question. I think we will never know.. https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6630/were-the-witch-and-the-stepmother... and https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/harris/StudentProjects/Student_FairyTales/WebProjec.... (edited) 14mo
TheBookHippie @tpixie Oh how interesting!!! I was going to look it up when I got home parent teacher conferences tonight! So we will just go with we are probably correct!! LOL 14mo
tpixie @TheBookHippie lol Yes!!! 14mo
IndoorDame @tpixie @TheBookHippie I saw that connection too this time, and I think I remember reading that connection in the intro commentary in a previous version I‘ve read. But I also wondered if the writer doesn‘t feel the need to punish the mother as part of the moral. Like letting her live after she tries to kill the children wouldn‘t be socially acceptable? 14mo
tpixie @IndoorDame that‘s a great point! 14mo
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