A review by ohnoflora
The Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar

4.0

I really enjoyed reading all the variations of these classic fairy tales, particularly as there was some I wouldn't have thought to put together until reading them consecutively (Hansel & Gretel and Little Thumbling, for example). I also enjoyed the chance to re-read Hans Christian Andersen - and finding his stories more horrific, with their ecstasies of pain and death, than any of the supposedly more gruesome tales from the Grimms.

The collection of criticism at the end was interesting in the way it gave an overview of critical approaches to fairy tales - a lot of Freud, it seems.