Discover the original macabre stories of your most beloved classics in this collection of disturbingly dark fairy tales.
‘Story-telling is one of the most ancient and universal of arts.’ – Laura F. Kready, A Study of Fairy Tales, 1916
‘The instruments of darkness tell us truths.’ – William Shakespeare, Macbeth, 1623
This twisted treasury presents over forty of the world’s most wicked fairy tales, including the original versions of stories you thought you knew, such as ‘Cinderella’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, and ‘Snow White’. Relish in the morbid darkness of these early classics, alongside many other tales you haven’t heard before. From renowned storytellers of the fairy tale genre, this collection sources works from the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, and many more.
Dark Fairy Tales is woven with themes of lost innocence, beastly bonds, and haunted hearts, aiming to inspire, caution, and illuminate valuable aspects of the human experience. Be warned, for these stories are not for the faint of heart and happy endings cannot be guaranteed.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Vanished Innocence: Tales of Lost Childhood; The Son of Seven Queens; Schneewittchen (Snow White); The Handless Maiden; The Babes in the Wood; Petrosinella (Rapunzel); Hansel and Gretel; Sun, Moon, and Talia (Sleeping Beauty); The Juniper Tree; Aschenputtel (Cinderella); How Children Played Slaughtering Together; Tricks of Fate: Tales of Disguises and Revenge; Donkey-Skin; Rumpelstiltskin; The Goose Girl; The Wicked Stepmother; The Singing Bone; Chambers of Horror: Tales of Grisly Demises and Gore; Bluebeard; Fitcher’s Bird; The Three Army Surgeons; The Corpse Eater; The Place Where There Were No Graves; The Sweetheart in the Wood; Haunted Hearts: Tales of Madness and Melancholy; The Rose Elf; The Little Mermaid; The Lover’s Ghost; The Dead Wife; Beasts and Bonds: Tales of Unsettling Creatures and Unnatural Kinship; La Finta Nonna (Little Red Riding Hood); The Death of the Little Hen; The Woman Who Loved a Serpent; The Tall Princess and the Haunted Pool; The Enchanted Tsarévich; The Woman Who Became a Horse; Infernal Justice Tales of Demons, Sin, and Punishment The Red Shoes; Never-Wash; The Dead Witch; The Dreadful Story of Harriet and the Matches; The Ungrateful Son; How Greed for a Trifling Thing Led to Great Loss; The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf; Shadows of the Beyond: Tales of Death Personified; The Dead Mother; The Mother’s Love; Godfather Death; The Lord of Death; The Story of a Mother; Note on the Text; Dark Fairy Tales Source ListEbooks vom selben Autor / Herausgeber
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