Publisher's Synopsis
Grimm's Fairy Tales, classic and influential collection of folklore by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, first published in two volumes as Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812-15; "Children's and Household Tales") and later revised and enlarged seven times between 1819 and 1857. The work was first translated into English as German Popular Tales, 2 vol. (1823-26), and has since been translated under numerous titles.