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    Rapunzel

    By The Brothers Grimm

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    In the story of Rapunzel a childless couple awaits the arrival of their firstborn. One day, the husband is caught stealing the salad greens, called Rapunzel, that his wife craves from the garden of the evil witch next door. The witch strikes a deal with the man, obtaining their firstborn child in return for all the Rapunzel the wife can eat. The child, growing up in captivity with the witch turns into a beautiful maiden with a voice of gold, and extraordinarily long hair. When a handsome prince passes through, the witch's cunningly-won custody arrangement starts to fall apart.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateOct 17, 2017
    ISBN9781974995639
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    The Brothers Grimm

    Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born during the 1780s in Hanau, Germany, and studied law at Marburg university. After leaving education, they worked as diplomats and librarians in Kassel. In 1837 they were dismissed from their professorships at the University of Göttingen for refusing to swear allegiance to the new King of Hanover, but were later invited to join the Academy in Berlin, by Frederick William IV of Prussia, where they remained for the rest of their lives. Individually, and as a collaborative team, the brothers were two of the greatest scholars that Germany has produced. Aside from their folktales, they produced many different volumes of research, as well as anthologies of verse and song, and two of Germany's most important linguistic texts, the Deutsche Grammatik (German grammar) and the Deutsche Wörterbuch (German dictionary). Wilhelm died in 1859, at the age of 73, and Jacob died in 1863, at the age of 78.

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    • 3/5
      Average. Illustrations on the fey side.
    • 3/5
      Rogasky, B., Grimm, J., Grimm, W., & Hyman, T. S. (1982). Rapunzel. New York: Holiday House.Grades 1 through 3A husband and wife have yearned for a baby for many years. When the wife is finally pregnant, the two are overjoyed. The wife, however, develops an obsession for her neighbor?s garden and the rampion that grows there. The neighbor, Mother Gothel is an old and powerful witch, and no one would ever dare trespassing. The wife stops eating, jeopardizing their baby?s life. The loving husband decides to take his chances and breaks into the witch?s garden. He brings home a bunch of rampion, and his wife eats the greens with delight. Soon, she feels the need for more rampion. This time, the husband is not so lucky: the witch catches his and forces out of him a promise to keep her his baby if she is a girl. When the baby girl is born, the witch snatches her away from her parents to raise her as her own. Rapunzel grows to be beautiful. The witch, afraid to lose her, locks her up a tower only accessible by climbing Rapunzel?s braids. A prince lost in the woods finds Rapunzel, falls in love with her, and marries her while they plan a way to free her. The witch finds out about their encounters, drags Rapunzel to a desolate spot, and causes the prince to go blind. For a year, he roams the forest in search of his beloved. When he finally finds her, he learns that their love produced twins. Rapunzel?s tears bring back the prince?s vision, and they head to the kingdom for a lifetime of happiness.Rapunzel is a very faithful retelling of the German fairy tale. The story is one of transgression and punishment. Rapunzel?s parents pay for their transgression with their baby daughter; Rapunzel hers with isolation; the prince pays for his with his eyesight. The characters are quite flawed. Rapunzel?s mother endangers her husband for some greens. Rapunzel?s father agrees to give away his baby girl. Even though Mother Gothel is kind to her prot?g?, she locks Rapunzel up so that she will never lose the lovely girl. Rapunzel chooses the prince over the witch because he is better looking. In order to find a happy ending, both lovers must suffer until their reunion washes away all pain. The very dark illustrations add a touch of despair to the tale. The brown borders make the pages too heavy, almost as if to imprison the images on the page. The book makes no great contributions to the story.
    • 4/5
      "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair" is a famous line from the story of Rapunzel. Rapunzel was locked in a tower by an evil witch. The witch used Rapunzel's hair to climb up the tower, eventually, a prince saves Rapunzel, using her long hair. This book could be used when discussing folktales/folklores. It would be interesting to see children's perspective as to why a male always saves a female in books.
    • 4/5
      I think I've been reading too much about rape on college campuses lately. The prince seems like the perfect type for a date rapist. Maybe that's why he has to go through all that stuff at the end, to prove he's really worthy of Rapunzel.
    • 4/5
      The illustrations in this book are very soft and sweet. They are very fitting with the tale of true love between Rapunzel and the Prince. The only thing I found quite odd was that the Prince's eyes were gouged out by the thorn bushes when he was pushed out of the tower by the evil witch... But other than that I really enjoyed the story.
    • 5/5
      This classic fairy tale of a princess locked away in a tower who lets down her long hair as a rope has always been one of my favorites. I grew up loving this story and I'm glad to have this story as part of my personal library. I would recommend this book to all young children.
    • 4/5
      Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Rapunzel. New York: North-South books, 1997. In this version of the traditional story the baby is taken from the parents by the witch. She puts Rapunzel in a tower but a young prince hears her singing and is determined to meet her. He fakes being the witch and climbs up Rapunzel's long hair to get into her tower. They fall in love and plan to be married. The witch discovers Rapunzel's plan and cuts her hair. The prince goes blind when he falls from the tower after discovering the witch instead of Rapunzel. But they are reunited and her tears heal his eyes. The text is a little long. The illustrations are simple and muted in color. Overall, it is a nice book. Age Group: 7-10 years.