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The Grimms' Fairy Tales Weren't Published For Children, And The Originals Would Shock Many Parents Today by Artsjournal1

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm assembled their book of stories as folklorists, not children's authors, and they intended their book for adult students of German culture, not for parents to read to the kiddies at bedtime. And the stories themselves could be violent: for example, "Cinderella" ends with white birds pecking out the stepsisters' eyes. " […]

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 4:24pm on October 3, 2019 ☆ ⚑

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