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elspeth's ephemeral musings
elspeth's ephemeral musings rated it 14 years ago
My Grandmother gave me this collection before she died. I love how dark and menacing these stories are, so very not Disney.
To Shoot or Not to Shoot
To Shoot or Not to Shoot rated it 14 years ago
With love from Mummy and Daddy Xmas 1959, I was three and the words and pictures have never left me. A rock on which the rest of my life was built. The book records a moment in time and place, defined by stories, marked on every page by the history of the world, cousin to other stories in other plac...
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books!
Carolyn Cannot Live Without Books! rated it 15 years ago
Read as a kid and I remember a lot of the stories were pretty gory.
Nyx Book Reviews
Nyx Book Reviews rated it 15 years ago
Read a few of the fairy tales when I was young, but don't remember much about them. I can vaguely recall some farmer that kills his own mother, I thought that was really funny then (yes I have always had a strange sense of humor). Definitly on my TBR-pile.
Glass @ Way Too Hot Books & Ja čitam, a ti?
I used to read this stories all over again when I was little. But, there is something that I realised later - those stories are not for children, they never were for children - today we have adopted versions - original sories are so cruel and explicit... In original tale about Cindarella, she actual...
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