Goldilocks And The Three Bears, Jacob Grimm
Goldilocks And The Three Bears, Jacob Grimm
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Goldilocks And The Three Bears

Author: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Narrator: Anastasia Bertollo

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/17/2015


Synopsis

One girl went to the forest. She got lost and began to look for a way home but didn't find it, and came to a lodge. The door was opened: the girl saw, that there was nobody in the lodge, and she entered. In this lodge lived three bears. The bears weren't at home, they went for a walk. In the lodge there were two rooms: a dining room and a bedroom. The girl entered the dining room and saw on a table three bowls with food. The girl took the biggest spoon and ate from the biggest bowl. Then she sat on a chair and broke it. After that she fell asleep. At that time three bears came back. As they saw the mess, they got angry. The bears wanted to catch the girl. How did the fairy tale end? Read «Goldilocks And The Three Bears» to know it.

About Jacob Grimm

Jacob Grimm and his brother, Wilhelm, are most famous for their classical collections of folk songs and folktales, especially Children's and Household Tales, which is generally known as Grimm's Fairy Tales. Stories such as "Snow White" and "Sleeping Beauty" have been retold countless times, but the Brothers Grimm first wrote them down. In their collaboration, Wilhelm selected and arranged the stories, while Jacob, who was more interested in language and philology, was responsible for the scholarly work.

Jacob was born in Hanau, Germany, in 1785. His father, who was educated in law and served as a town clerk, died when Jacob was young. His mother, Dorothea, struggled to pay the education of the children. With financial help from Dorothea's sister, Jacob and Wilhelm were sent to Kasel to attend the Lyzeum. Jacob then studied law at Marburg. He worked from 1816 to 1829 as a librarian at Kasel, where his brother served as a secretary. Between 1821 and 1822, the brothers raised extra money by collecting three volumes of folktales. With these publications they wanted to show that Germans shared a similar culture and to advocate the unification process of the small independent kingdoms and principalities.

In 1829, the brothers moved to Gottingen, where Jacob became librarian and Wilhelm became assistant librarian. In 1835, Wilhelm was appointed professor, but they were dismissed two years later for protesting against the abrogation of the Hanover constitution by King Ernest Augustus. In 1840, the brothers accepted an invitation from the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV, to go to Berlin. There, as members of the Royal Academy of Sciences, they lectured at the university. In 1841 they became professors at the University of Berlin, and worked with their most ambitious enterprise, the Deutsches Worterbuch, a large German dictionary. Its first volume appeared in 1854. The work, which totaled sixteen volumes, was finished in the 1960s.

The Grimms made major contributions in many fields, notably in the studies of heroic myth and of ancient religion and law. They worked very close, even after Wilhelm married in 1825. Jacob remained unmarried. Wilhelm died of infection in Berlin on December 16, 1859, and Jacob four years later on September 20, 1863.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on October 16, 2013

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Goldilocks, who was very interested in online reviewing. She was out in the woods one day, when, walking past a house picturesquely called Bear Cottage, she glanced through the window and happened to notice three books lying on the table. No one seemed......more

Goodreads review by Calista on June 07, 2019

This is bad. It looks like one of those very cheap cartoons. It is a faithful retelling of the story, but done poorly. I don’t understand how this won the honor, honestly. It screams cheap. It’s a classic and there should be something about it to make it shine and there isn’t. This is another Caldec......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on January 19, 2023

My toddler and I listened to the audiobook for tonight's bedtime. It was good. Goldilocks presented in this version of the book as a naughty child doing what she wants instead of listening to her mom's warnings before leaving the house. Borrowed this book from the library.......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on November 17, 2021

I didn't think this retelling was that bad. I've read a few that I couldn't finish and this one I'll keep in my library. For starters, I really didn't care for how she was illustrated in the book. I also didn't like Goldilocks image. She was "one of those naughty little girls who do exactly as they......more

Goodreads review by Britney on April 30, 2018

Goldilocks and the three bears by James Marshall was a book that you pick up and you expect it to be good because this is a classic tale. So you open the book to the first page and what do you see other then a naughty version of Goldilocks. This girl is troubled people! She is also disturbed! Need i......more