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"A literary discovery- a fascinating new trove of fairy tales by a contemporary of the Brothers Grimm that revolutionizes our understanding of the form A Penguin Classic A rare discovery in the world of fairy tales-now for the first time in English Move over, Cinderella- Make way for the Turnip Princess! And for the ""Cinderfellas"" in these stories, which turn our understanding ofgender infairy tales on its head. With this volume, the holy trinity of fairy tales-the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen-becomes a quartet.In the 1850s, Franz Xaver von Sch nwerth traversed the forests, lowlands, and mountains of northern Bavaria to record fairy tales, gaining the admiration of even the Brothers Grimm. Most of Sch nwerth's work was lost-until a few years ago, when thirty boxes of manu-scripts were uncovered in a German municipal archive. Now, for the first time, Sch nwerth's lost fairy tales are available in English. Violent, dark, and full of action, and upending the relationship between damsels in distress and their dragon-slaying heroes, these more than seventy stories bring us closer than ever to the unadorned oral tradition in which fairy tales are rooted, revolutionizing our understanding of a hallowed genre. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators."

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Schonwerth's tales have a compositional fierceness and energy rarely seen in stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault. -- The New Yorker Schonwerth's legacy counts as the most significant collection in the German-speaking world in the nineteenth century. --Daniel Drascek, University of Regensburg

Schonwerth's tales have a compositional fierceness and energy rarely seen in stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm or Charles Perrault. -- The New Yorker [This] new collection of German folk stories . . . challenges preconceptions about many of the most commonly known fairytales. . . . Many of the stories centre around surprisingly emancipated female characters. -- The Guardian Schonwerth's legacy counts as the most significant collection in the German-speaking world in the nineteenth century. --Daniel Drascek, University of Regensburg

These eminently enjoyable tales offer a rich new take on the material of the Grimms and Andersen ... The tales are vigorous, direct, and less artful then those of the Grimms, suggesting greater authenticity, closer to the source * Library Journal *

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Franz Xaver von Sch nwerth (1810-1886) had a successful career in law and the Bavarian royal court before devoting himself full-time to cataloging the customs and folktales of his homeland. Erika Eichenseer (editor) is the director of the Franz Xaver von Sch nwerth Society. She lives in Germany. Maria Tatar (translator and introducer)is the John L. Loeb Professor of Folklore and Mythology and Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Engelbert S ss (illustrations) is a sculptor, glass-artist, and illustrator. He created the bronze statue King of Dwarfs for the Sch nwerth Fairytale Path in Sinzing, Bavaria.

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