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    GRIMM: Fairy Tales
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• • 格林兄弟: 格林童话集一 / GRIMM: Fairy Tales
  • [ 读物介绍 ]
  • Brothers GrimmGrimm’s Fairy TalesThe Frog Prince • Bearskin • The Elves and the Shoemaker •Snow WhiteHansel and Gretel • The Golden Goose • The Dancing Shoes •Tom ThumbRumplestiltskin • Little Red Riding Hood • The Fisherman andhis WifeCinderella • The Little Tailor Grimm’s Fairy Tales was first published in 1812 and was thework of two German brothers, founders of the modern science of comparativelinguistics.They traveled through Germany to study the popular dialectsand in doing so collected the folk tales that for generations had been currentamong the largely illiterate peasant societies. These tales formed part of the popular culture, which is nowoccupied by modern forms of entertainment such as television and cinema andconsequently would have been told to a mixed audience of both children andadults. It is significant that fairies rarely feature in these tales, andalthough the content seems to come from a childlike and fantastic imagination,a quick look at contemporary mass entertainment such as Superman and comicstrips will remind us that both adults and children respond to flights of theimagination. We can laugh and cry, be frightened and reassured by events, whichare far removed, from our everyday experiences. And so it is with thesestories.Although we no longer have an oral tradition ofstorytelling, the tales in this collection have probably evolved and changedsubstantially over the generations and indeed different versions exist indifferent countries. They have been abridged, translated and altered to suitchanging sensibilities so that it is impossible to be sure which is theoriginal version, indeed, the search for such a thing would be contrary to thetradition of folk tales. The teller of a tale would embellish and exaggerate tosuit the audience, and this is no doubt one of the reasons for the enduringappeal of these stories... But this is only part of the explanation. All these stories are set in unspecified places with littleconcern for exact dates. There is timelessness to them, which is bothreassuring (this couldn’t possibly happen here) and disconcerting. Who, forexample, has not come across someone like The Fisherman’s Wife whose greed andambition can never be satisfied? And who can listen to Hansel and Gretel andnot share their fear at being lost, and of the hidden perils of the darkforest? These are universal tales, which strike a chord even at the end of thetwentieth century, hundreds of years since they were first told round the dyingembers of a peasant hearth.We owe a great debt to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, whosepainstaking research has left us with a collection of stories which willcontinue to delight generations of listeners, and which could so easily haveslipped into the mists of time to be lost forever. Notes by Heather Godwin Laura Paton A frequent reader on Naxos AudioBooks, Laura Paton trained at LAMDA where she won the St. Phillip’s Prize for Poetryand the Michael Warre Award. She has toured the UK extensively in productions as varied as The Two Gentlemen of Verona andOscar Wilde’s Salomé.
  • • 作品列表
    • • CD01
      • 作品编号：23217  The Frog Prince

      • The Frog Prince

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：39915  Bearskin

      • Bearskin

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：39916  The Elves and the Shoemaker

      • The Elves And The Shoemaker

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：39917  白雪公主/Snow White

      • Snow White

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：39918  Hansel and Gretel

      • Hansel And Gretel

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：39919  金鹅/The Golden Goose

      • The Golden Goose

      • CD01
      • 作品编号：39920  The Dancing Shoes

      • The Dancing Shoes

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：39921  Tom Thumb

      • Tom Thumb

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：39922  Rumplestiltsken

      • Rumplestiltsken

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：39923  Little Red Riding Hood

      • Little Red Riding Hood

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：39924  The Fisherman's Wife

      • The Fisherman's Wife

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：39925  Cinderella

      • Cinderella

      • CD02
      • 作品编号：39926  The Little Tailor

      • The Little Tailor