‘The Lying Toad’ – A Treatise on a Rediscovered Grimm Fairy Tale

Scholars of classic German Literature were delighted recently when a lost work by the Brothers Grimm was unearthed by workmen, who were refitting a harbour master’s boiler in Oberammergau. The work, which was dated to 1847, was serialised on the back of Bryant & May match boxes. Below, I’ve reproduced verbatim the translation produced byContinue reading “‘The Lying Toad’ – A Treatise on a Rediscovered Grimm Fairy Tale”