pickFascinating to read the original fairy tales as gathered by the brothers Grimm. Their surname is an apt descriptor of many of the tales, such as “The Children Who Played At Slaughtering“. My goodness!
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pickFascinating to read the original fairy tales as gathered by the brothers Grimm. Their surname is an apt descriptor of many of the tales, such as “The Children Who Played At Slaughtering“. My goodness!
pickThis is a useful, relatively quick-reading resource for those delving deeper into fairy tales, their history, and most of all, their critical and popular reception. A bit dated (a couple of unnecessary references to Harry Potter, for instance) and I wish the author had spent more time on Les Conteuses of the 17th century and their use of the literary fairy tales as resistance, but I found a lot of useful context too!
repost for @TheBookHippie:
June #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025
Let us see what versions of this tale we can find!
Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Afanasyev
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsarevitch_Ivan,_the_Firebird_and_the_Gray_Wolf
So sorry my month has been a little busy!!! But here is next months read!!!
Fiction: Juno Loves Legs (book club)
Nonfiction: Cunning Folk (just started)
Audio: Of Time and Turtles (nearly done)
I just cracked open the middle book this morning & I‘m already slightly obsessed (despite the fact that it has endnotes, which make me want to rip my hair out; fortunately, it seems like they‘re mostly just crediting source material & I can ignore them without missing anything). Also, how gorgeous is that cover?! 🤩
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pick#Bibliophile Day 24: This book is a good fit to #LostRoyalty. In this story, the reader gets to see how this impetuous, staunchly-disobedient young girl was able to chart her own path and meticulously follow a set of enchanted rules (which includes recognizing her man no matter how horrible the shapes he would magically assume) – to save the day and be the heroine in the story. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-3oQ
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1. Latin. I learned a little bit while in school because medical terminology uses a lot of Latin, but learning roots, prefixes and suffixes isn't the same as learning to speak a language.
2. I haven't read any but my husband has some German books. There is a Grimms Fairytale that is German on the left and English on the right.
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pickThis is more fantasy than I am used to from this author but the traditional culture and belief system are on brand for sure. I enjoyed this immensely.
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