| Title | : | Beauty and the Beast and Other Classic Stories (Collins Classics) |
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| ISBN | : | 000823860X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780008238605 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 |
| Publication | : | Published March 9, 2017 |
Beauty and the Beast and Other Classic Stories (Collins Classics) Reviews
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This collection consists of familiar stories by Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Jeanne-Marie leprince de Beaumont. Some of them are very different than the famous Disney versions.
Beauty and Beast's villain for example, was not a narcissistic Gaston, but Belle's very own sisters. The Little Mermaid was a story of unrequited love and silent sacrifices, not a romance between two creatures from different worlds. Snow-White had a sister by the name of Rose-Red and the bad guy was really the dwarf.
The common theme in Andersen's tales was beauty. Basically, beautiful=good, ugly=bad. Grimm's was happy endings, while Perrault's had a little element of horror and cunning. Little Tom Thumb by Perrault was very similar to Hansel and Gretel by Brothers Grimm.
I enjoyed reading these much more than I expected to. I love The Little Mermaid the most, because it's something I can truly relate to, and it's not often that I find a good unrequited love story.
