Bluebeard and Other Folklore Stories

A cruel stepmother, a boy who disappears and a bird that sings a terrible secret until justice is done. The darkest of all the Grimm fairy tales, in the classic Margaret Hunt translation.

Brothers Grimm

A wizard kidnaps three sisters and forbids them to open one door in his house. The clever youngest outwits him in this German cousin of Bluebeard, one of the creepiest Grimm tales.

Brothers Grimm

A miller's daughter visits her rich fiancé's house deep in the forest and discovers what he really is. A tense Grimm tale where a brave girl uses her wits to expose a band of robbers.

Brothers Grimm

A poor man chooses Death himself as godfather for his son, who grows up to be a famous doctor with a dangerous gift. An eerie Grimm tale about the one bargain nobody can cheat.

Brothers Grimm

Karen loves her red shoes so much that she wears them to church, and then they will not stop dancing. Andersen's most unsettling fairy tale, a dark lesson about vanity.

Hans Christian Andersen