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Title: Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm ISBN: 0-517-09293-X Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 09 May, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Grimm Reality
Comment: I received this book as a gift from my sister. Upon reading the reviews she was skeptical to buy it, thankfully she bought the book regardless.(Thank you, Thank you!!!)
I don't see the poor quality that many have discussed.The pages are thin of paper but thick with words and quality to captivate a Fairy Tale lover. Oral story telling has been a tradition for centuries, and this book keeps that alive. These stories are definately memorable and after you've read them you can tell them over and over.
I remember many of these stories from my childhood. They're rich with imagery. Maybe many of them were never intended for small children... but if you can look past the grim images of some stories you will find a deep lesson. I even see some religious symbolism in some of the tales which border on same idea lines as Biblical stories.
I disagree with the negativity and poor ratings this book has gotten. I think it is a must have for the Literature and Fairy Tale collectors (if not for the quality of the book, then definately the quality of the stories therein). Considering that early versions of the book were written in 1812 and its still sold widely today, there must be something about it that causes people to wonder about those brothers Grimm.
Give this book a second glance!!
Rating: 2
Summary: Bad for these reasons...
Comment: 1. Very thin paper used. (recycled?) If this is for environmental purposes, I support it. If it is just to save on production costs, I don't.
2. Ugly, crowed typesetting that would be more at home in a newspaper.
3. Jumbled illustrations by different artists with different styles, none of which are credited, and many are placed out of synch with the corresponding stories. Very few of the illustrations are worth a second glance.
4. Weakly bound. Will fall apart with regular reading.
5. The prose is dreadful. Or is that the stories sound better in their native German???
6. My copy arrived covered in inexplicable dark smudges.
7. Not for collectors, or those who like quality books.
8. Note: If you are buying for your children, they will probably be bored by the stories, or not understand them. As one reviewer pointed out, they were never complied for children in the first place.
Rating: 1
Summary: Very Poor Quality
Comment: While I'm sure the stories are great, I can't get past the poor type setting, and cheap paper which is practically newsprint. The words and illustrations bleed through from the next page making reading very difficult. And to make matters worse, the stories are set in a terrible, hard to read font and tight leading. This book is NOT kid-friendly at all. YUCK! Same is true of the Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by same Author/Publisher.
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Title: Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Lily Owens ISBN: 0517092913 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 10 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Don Daily ISBN: 0762404132 Publisher: Courage Books Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.98 |
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Title: Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Jerry Pinkney ISBN: 1587170000 Publisher: SeaStar Books Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Golden Book of Fairy Tales by Adrienne Segur ISBN: 030717025X Publisher: Golden Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault by Neil Philip, Sally Holmes, Nicoletta Simborowski, Charles Perrault ISBN: 0395570026 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 16 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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