It is hardly too much to say that these tales rank next to the Bible in importance -- W.H. Auden

The stories, and the figures themselves, have immense vitality, partly because no punches are pulled, and also because no emotion is unrepresented -- Margaret Atwood

Everyone should possess and know Grimm's Fairy Tales - one of the great books of the world -- Richard Adams - New York Times Book Review

Clearly the text of choice for any reader...Zipes' edition deserves to become the standard translation -- German Quarterly

The Brother's Grimm were responsible for these fairytales that informed my life and made it as interesting, or as confused, or as wondrous as it is...they scared the shit out of me when I was a kid and they also gave me some of the most pleasure in life -- Terry Gilliam

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) were the foremost among many German collectors and authors of folktales. The brothers spent their lives together, from their childhood in Hesse to their careers in civil parliament and at the University of Berlin. In their last years, the Grimms devoted their time to work on a dictionary of the German language, which was left unfinished.