Grimms' Fairy Tales

Brothers Grimm

• Publisher: William Collins
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780007902248
• eBook ISBN: 9780007480425
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful – she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both. "'' The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature! what a nice plump mouthful – she will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so as to catch both. "'Collected by the German Grimm brothers, these folk tales have captured the imaginations of children and adults alike since they were first published in 1812. The best-known stories such as The Golden Goose, Hansel and Gretel, The Frog Prince, and Snow-White and Rose-Red remain as popular today as when first told, although there is an underlying darkness and violence to the original stories that has softened over time. Collected by the German Grimm brothers, these folk tales have captured the imaginations of children and adults alike since they were first published in 1812. The best-known stories such as The Golden Goose, Hansel and Gretel, The Frog Prince, and Snow-White and Rose-Red remain as popular today as when first told, although there is an underlying darkness and violence to the original stories that has softened over time.

CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASES
adapted from the Collins English Dictionary

Accoucheur NOUN a male midwife or doctor

I think my sister must have had some general idea that I was a young offender whom an Accoucheur Policemen had taken up (on my birthday) and delivered over to her (Great Expectations by Charles Dickens)

addled ADJ confused and unable to think properly

But she counted and counted till she got that addled (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

admiration NOUN amazement or wonder

lifting up his hands and eyes by way of admiration (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

afeard ADJ afeard means afraid

shake it – and don’t be afeard (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

affected VERB affected means followed

Hadst thou affected sweet divinity (Doctor Faustus 5.2 by Christopher Marlowe)

aground ADV when a boat runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of the water and gets stuck

what kep’ you? – boat get aground? (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

ague NOUN a fever in which the patient has alternate hot and cold shivering fits

his exposure to the wet and cold had brought on fever and ague (Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens)

alchemy ADJ false or worthless

all wealth alchemy (The Sun Rising by John Donne)

all alike PHRASE the same all the time

Love, all alike (The Sun Rising by John Donne)

alow and aloft PHRASE alow means in the lower part or bottom, and aloft means on the top, so alow and aloft means on the top and in the bottom or throughout

Someone’s turned the chest out alow and aloft (Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)

ambuscade NOUN ambuscade is not a proper word. Tom means an ambush, which is when a group of people attack their enemies, after hiding and waiting for them

and so we would lie in ambuscade, as he called it (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

amiable ADJ likeable or pleasant

Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

amulet NOUN an amulet is a charm thought to drive away evil spirits.

uttered phrases at once occult and familiar, like the amulet worn on the heart (Silas Marner by George Eliot)

amusement NOUN here amusement means a strange and disturbing puzzle

this was an amusement the other way (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

ancient NOUN an ancient was the flag displayed on a ship to show which country it belongs to. It is also called the ensign

her ancient and pendants out (Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

antic ADJ here antic means horrible or grotesque

armed and dressed after a very antic manner (Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift)

antics NOUN antics is an old word meaning clowns, or people who do silly things to make other people laugh

And point like antics at his triple crown (Doctor Faustus 3.2 by Christopher Marlowe)

appanage NOUN an appanage is a living allowance

As if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman – her legitimate appanage and heritage! (Ja...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• The Golden Bird
• Hans In Luck
• Jorinda and Jorindel
• The Travelling Musicians
• Old Sultan
• The Straw, The Coal, and The Bean
• Briar Rose
• The Dog and The Sparrow
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses
• The Fisherman and His Wife
• The Willow-Wren and The Bear
• The Frog-Prince
• Cat And Mouse In Partnership
• The Goose-Girl
• The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet
• Rapunzel
• Fundevogel
• The Valiant Little Tailor
• Hansel and Gretel
• The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage
• Mother Holle
• Little Red-Cap [Little Red Riding Hood]
• The Robber Bridegroom
• Tom Thumb
• Rumpelstiltskin
• Clever Gretel
• The Old Man and His Grandson
• The Little Peasant
• Frederick and Catherine
• Sweetheart Roland
• Snowdrop
• The Pink
• Clever Elsie
• The Miser In The Bush
• Ashputtel
• The White Snake
• The Wolf and The Seven Little Kids
• The Queen Bee
• The Elves and The Shoemaker
• The Juniper-Tree
• The Turnip
• Clever Hans
• The Three Languages
• The Fox and The Cat
• The Four Clever Brothers
• Lily and The Lion
• The Fox and The Horse
• The Blue Light
• The Raven
• The Golden Goose
• The Water of Life
• The Twelve Huntsmen
• The King of The Golden Mountain
• Doctor Knowall
• The Seven Ravens
• The Wedding of Mrs Fox
• The Salad
• The Story of The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was
• King Grisly-Beard
• Iron Hans
• Cat-Skin
• Snow-White and Rose-Red
• Classic Literature: Words and Phrases Adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
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