--- product_id: 11331222 title: "Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated)" brand: "jacob grimmwilhelm grimmwalter cranearthur rackhammargaret raine huntmarie-michelle joy" price: "€ 33.44" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.fr/products/11331222-grimms-fairy-tales-illustrated store_origin: FR region: France --- # Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated) **Brand:** jacob grimmwilhelm grimmwalter cranearthur rackhammargaret raine huntmarie-michelle joy **Price:** € 33.44 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated) by jacob grimmwilhelm grimmwalter cranearthur rackhammargaret raine huntmarie-michelle joy - **How much does it cost?** € 33.44 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fr](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/11331222-grimms-fairy-tales-illustrated) ## Best For - jacob grimmwilhelm grimmwalter cranearthur rackhammargaret raine huntmarie-michelle joy enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jacob grimmwilhelm grimmwalter cranearthur rackhammargaret raine huntmarie-michelle joy brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/515PJB002FS.jpg) ![Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41GjAcxqhBL.jpg) ![Grimm's Fairy Tales (Illustrated) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41bcJXeZcRL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aesthetically pleasing but loses functionality *by F***O on Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014* Instead of being your usual text-based Kindle book, this book is image-based. So you cannot select text, and this prevents you from being able to highlight text, look up a definition, search Wikipedia, etc. Each page seems to be made of two images, and on a regular e-ink Kindle, these do not align well. One image is an ornate border around the text, and the other image is the text. On my Kindle Touch, these run into each other on the right side, obscuring the text on the right end of each line. Since you cannot change or resize the font, there is no way to fix this. But they do align well on my tablet, and the description above mentions that it is optimized for Kindle Fire HD.On my tablet, this book looks very beautiful. The font used is a lovely one with an archaic flavor to it, making it suitable for fairy tales. The text is surrounded by an ornate border, and the story will begin with a large decorative letter. It is illustrated with beautiful artwork from both Walter Crane and Arthur Rackham, and by reading on my tablet, I get to see the artwork in color.The translation seems to be based on that of Margaret Hunt. In comparing it with another ebook version of Hunt's translation, the main difference is that the text in this version is broken into more paragraphs. This makes it more readable, because it gives each speaker in a conversation a separate paragraph instead of including multiple speakers in the same paragraph. I also own a printed version with a modern update of Hunt's translation, which changes thee, thou, and thy to you and your. I have no trouble understanding the more archaic language, and I find that modernizing the language takes some of the charm away from the story. So I appreciate that this version sticks with Hunt's more archaic language.Because of its beauty, its inclusion of artwork from two great illustrators of these tales, and how it improves Hunt's paragraphing without modernizing her language, I prefer reading this version despite not being able to look up words. If it had everything I like about it, and it also let me select and look up words, I would give it five stars. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Grisly Grimms *by W***Y on Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2014* Well, to start with it's Grimms' Tales, plural. The two Grimm brothers Jakob and Wilhelm were genuine philologists and folklorists during the early decades of the nineteenth century, and both received professorships in Berlin in 1841. They set the bar high for any who followed, gathering and then re-telling (mostly) authentic tales obtained from their peasant informants and associates. The English term Fairy Tales has always been a misleading translation for Maerchen, but not to worry.And yes, grisly is a good adjective for the frequent cruelty depicted in the tales. It is perhaps our century which prefers to sanitise material which is aimed mainly at children. There are of course the caricatures which still live in our cultures (awful mothers-in-law, other outcasts and infighting within families).The online Kindle edition in English presents the whole text in robust language with no attempt to update it into modern street idiom. We have here some beautiful illustrations by the great Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) from before 1910, but my favorites will always remain the imagery by Ruth Koser-Michaels in the 1937 German edition. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great tales and lovely artwork, slopping formatting and editing *by P***3 on Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2014* It is a joy to read these stories that I have known since childhood. The wonderful illustrations enhance them and reminds me of many happy hours I used to spend reading these tales of poor folk and royal folk and the way they overcame tests of their wits and strength. However, it is sad to see the formatting deteriorate so that most stories are one long paragraph instead of having paragraph breaks for a change in character who is speaking or a change in action or setting. After my eye tired from trying to keep up with which line I was reading on a page with no paragraph breaks, I found myself having to stop reading sooner than I wished. Perhaps the people who edit these print versions for use as ebooks could take a bit more time and correct this before posting the books for sale. Even the editing, especially for comma errors, became tedious to read past, sometimes to the point of being humorous. Please, Please, Amazon folks--learn the rules of the trade. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.fr/products/11331222-grimms-fairy-tales-illustrated](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/11331222-grimms-fairy-tales-illustrated) --- *Product available on Desertcart France* *Store origin: FR* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*