A little-known fact about fairytales is that translations into English have changed many stories that were absolutely horrific when they were first released - but now, the Brothers Grimm's restored folk tales will show readers how these stories were meant to be!
After years of Disney movies that change endings and overly sugarcoated children's books, the 19th century Brother Grimm's restored stories will take up their true meanings for the first time ever for English-speaking readers.
According to The Guardian, many lovers of fairy tales might get into serious confusion after reading the Brothers Grimm's restored works, as the changes are huge and downright disturbing: in the original German and now in the new English translation, there are hardly any happy endings.
The iconic author brothers were responsible for giving the worldfairy tales such as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Snow White, Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty - and that's just to name a few favorite Disney princesses, from the classic era to more recent ones. But the ones adapted were based on the English translations of old, nothing similar to the Brothers Grimm restored version.
Of course, in the movies by the big studio, the protagonists go through some sweet and funny ordeals but in the end the prince and the princess get married and live happily ever after - but that's not what happens in the Brothers Grimm restored version.
According to Hollywood Life, the new Brothers Grimm restored translation came at the hand of a University of Minnesota professor called Jack Zipes, who teaches German and comparative literature. It seems that professor Zipes always wondered why the first edition of the stories was never translated (there were six other editions later on, where the authors polished the tales and made them less gory), so he decided to do it himself.
The new Brothers Grimm restored version was just released on Princeton Press, and, as any great fairy tale, the collection of 156 classic stories is also illustrated, in this occasion by artist Andrea Dezsö.
Now, be warned (spoilers ahead): if you decide to read the Brothers Grimm's restored translations, you're going to run into plot twists like the Evil Queen of Snow White being her real mother plotting to kill her, Sleeping Beauty being raped and Rapunzel getting pregnant.
There's nothing sugarcoated or Disney-like about the new Brothers Grimm restored versions!