Teutonic terror tales; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT.(Features)

The Daily Mail (London, England) | August 11, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: Compiled by Charles Legge

QUESTION A previous answer about red balloons brought to mind the terrifying Germanic fairy tales Luftballon and Struwwelpeter. What are their origins? STRUWWELPETER is not a fairy tale, but a children's book published in 1845 in Germany. It was written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann, a doctor in Frankfurt. Its most famous translation into English was by Mark Twain.

The book contains a series of rather violent cautionary tales told in verse, and Struwwelpeter is the title of the book as well as its first short story.

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