About Wise Men and Simpletons - Twelve Tales From Grimm - Translated by Elizabeth Shub

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Newly translated and lovingly illustrated, this collection presents twelve beloved fairy tales from Grimm, including “Rapunzel,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “Rumpelstiltskin,” alongside nine more stories. Elizabeth Shub translates the less familiar first edition tales, emphasizing how the stories’ unselfconscious, spoken-story quality carries enduring power. Nonny Hogrogian’s timeless etchings complement the humor, conciseness, and honesty across generations of readers and listeners.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages136

Reading Time3 h 29 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

FOREWORD

ABOUT A FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE

THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN KIDS

BRIER ROSE

ABOUT ELVES

RAPUNZEL

ABOUT SIMPLETONS

THE WATER OF LIFE

RUMPELSTILTSKIN

THE SIX SWANS

KING THRUSHBEARD

HANSEL AND GRETEL

THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS

ABOUT THE BROTHERS GRIMM

10000 # About Wise Menand Simpletons TWELVE TALES FROM GRIMMTRANSLATED BY ELIZABETH SHUB $4.95 # About Wise Men and Simpletons ## TWELVE TALES FROM GRIMMTRANSLATED BY ELIZABETH SHUBETCHINGS BY NONNY HOGROGIAN Newly translated and lovingly illustrated,this collection includes "Rapunzel,”"Hanseland Gretel,”“Rumpelstiltskin”and ninemore of the most beloved fairy tales fromGrimm.Elizabeth Shub chose to translatethe less familiar first edition of tales because,as she writes in her introduction,"The totalunselfconsciousness of the stories in the initialedition endows them with the special powerof a spoken story.Here,even more than inthe later editions,the storyteller's voice isomnipresent." The humor,conciseness,and honesty ofthe tales are reflected in Elizabeth Shub'ssuperb translation and in the timeless etch-ings by Caldecott Medal winner NonnyHogrogian.This is a book that will enchantreaders,lookers,and listeners for generationsto come. 9 j398 G 39047010894968 桃rina Branch 72-05865 Grimm,Jakob Ludwig Kar1 About wise men and simple tons;twelvetales from Grimm。Etchings by NonnyHogrogian.Macmillan,1971 SAN MATED P3BLIC L13RARYSAN MATED,CALIF. ## 1.Fairy tales I.Title About Wise Men and Simpletons TWELVE TALES FROM GRIMM About Wise Men and Simpletons TWELVE TALES FROM GRIMM,J.L.K.TRANSLATED BY ELIZABETH SHUBETCHINGS BY NONNY HOGROGIAN The Macmillan Company,NewYork·Collier-Macmillan Ltd.,London ( Copright o Elizabeth Shub 1971/Copyright ◎ Nonny Hogrogian 1971|All rights reserved.No part of thisbook may be reproduced or transmitted in anyform or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photo-copying,recording or by any information storage and retrieval system,without permision in writing from thePublisher/The Macmillan Company,866 Third Avenue,New York,N.Y.10022/Collier-MacmillanCanada Ltd.,Toronto,Ontario/Library of Congress catalog card number 79-146628/Printed in the UnitedStates of AmericaI 23456789 IO The etchings have been reproduced in halfone.The typeface is English Monotype Bembo. 72-05865 Contents FOREWORD,vii ABOUT A FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE,S THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN KIDS,I7 BRIER ROSE,23 ABOUT ELVES,3I The Elves and the Shoemaker Whose Work They Did,3IThe Elves Ask a Servant Girl to Be Godmother,33The Woman and the Changeling Elf,34 RAPUNZEL,39 ABOUT SIMPLETONS,47 The Golden Goose,47 The White Dove,52 The Queen Bee,55 The Three Feathers,s8 THE WATER OF LIFE,65 RUMPELSTILTSKIN,77 THE SIX SWANS,83 KING THRUSHBEARD,9I HANSEL AND GRETEL,99 THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS,III ABOUT THE BROTHERS GRIMM,II7

FAQs

What is included in the book?

The book contains twelve Grimm fairy tales, including “Rapunzel,” “Hansel and Gretel,” and “Rumpelstiltskin,” plus nine additional tales.

Who translated the stories?

Elizabeth Shub translated the tales, choosing the less familiar first edition stories.

Who created the illustrations?

Nonny Hogrogian created the etchings, with illustrations described as timeless and complementary to the translations.

Oct 13, 2026

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