The three sluggards brothers grimm biography

Back to main page for a look at the first edition of the Original Grimms Fairy Tales.

 
German title: Die drei Faulen
English title: The Three Sluggards
English title: The Three Lazy Sons
Story position: Volume 2, Number 65
Story designation: KHM 151 ("Kinder- und Hausm�rchen")

Quick history: There were seven editions of the Grimm's Fairy Tales published in the Grimm Brothers' lifetime.

The three sluggards brothers grimm biography

Each edition was presented in two volumes. Volume 1 of the first edition appeared in 1812; Volume 2 of the first edition appeared in 1815. Both volumes of the seventh (7th) and final edition appeared in 1857.

(Take me directly to the detailed comparison in the original German.)

Here are the nontrivial differences between the first and final versions of The Three Sluggards using the English translation by Margaret Hunt (1884).

We disregard spelling, punctuation, and grammar updates, and minor shuffling of words.

In the difference spots, "1:" indicates the first edition