The Complete Grimms' Fairy Tales (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Complete Grimms' Fairy Tales; Fingerprint! Classics) Hardcover – 1 Sept. 2020

This is a lovely book.First and most importantly (because other reviewers appear not to have mentioned this), there are marvellous, black and white traditional woodcut illustrations, not to every story (there are 210 stories), but there are seven in the first hundred pages (for the first 19 stories).The paper is lovely : thin but fine (the only drawback being that the print from the other side is visible due to the translucency).It has been a good while since I have so much enjoyed actually handling a book and turning the pages. These are edged in gold, and titles are in a rococo font edged with flowers.The prose is quite readable, although old-fashioned, presumably because the stories are faithfully translated from the original nineteenth century German rather than adapted in any way.I have just read the first story, where the very spoilt princess promised a frog who had helped her that she would allow him to be her companion, but when he insisted on her keeping her promise, she flung him hard against the wall, whence he suddenly turned into a handsome prince.So despite being so odious, she still got her prince in his shining carriage with six white horses, whereas I feel that she should have been dealt her comeuppance for being so mean and faithless !!!

Great reading. The presentation of the book itself is lovely and will look nice on any shelf.

Brought this for Christmas and it’s generally one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen! Daughter hasn’t put it down and loves reading all the different tales. Highly recommend!

Ots a very nice book, and has loads of stories.Very nicely finished and looks well on any book shelf.But they are the old original stories, so writen in old English and so hard to read and understand. So kids are not as keen on me reading from it.But I would still recommend it as it is nice and some interesting old fairytale stories in it you will never have seen.

Beautiful hardback book, such good quality. Inside covers are just as beautiful and pages are lovely quality

Bought as a gift for my daughter. She loves the dark tales. Very well written, lovely quality.

Good quality.as advertised

Beautiful book