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Author: (German) Brothers Grimm
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Grimm's Fairy Tales is a collection of folk tales gathered and compiled by the German linguists and ethnologists, the Brothers Grimm, in the early 19th century. These folk tales are characterized by their simple and natural language, rich and diverse content, and contain many progressive and positive elements. Grimm's Fairy Tales was quickly translated into many languages after its publication and became widely known. It played a significant role in promoting European folk literature and children's literature. The Brothers Grimm lived in Germany in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a time when Romantic literature was flourishing. They had close interactions with these Romantic writers, and their aesthetic ideas deeply influenced the Brothers Grimm. The European Romantic literary movement itself began with the collection of medieval folk literature, and Romanticism even proposed the slogan "Return to the Middle Ages." In fact, the rich imagination, sincere emotions, colloquial language, and free expression in folk literature provided a great reference for Romantic literature. Grimm's Fairy Tales is a collection of ancient German legends and folk tales gathered and compiled by the Brothers Grimm in the early 19th century, including over 200 fairy tales, all of which hold high artistic value. It has been translated into many languages and is widely circulated around the world. Many fairy tale characters, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, and Cinderella, are household names worldwide. In China, Grimm's Fairy Tales is also recognized as the best reading material for early childhood education.