Even Grimmer Tales by Valerie Volk

Author:Valerie Volk
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fairy Tales, adapted fairy tales, fractured Fairy Tales, satire, sexual abuse, incest
ISBN: 9781922120007
Publisher: IP (Interactive Publications Pty Ltd)
Published: 2012-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Hansel and Gretel

In a time of terrible famine, a woodcutter and his wife decide they must abandon their children in a forest. The first time they try this disposal method, clever Hansel leaves a trail of white pebbles and he and Gretel find their way home. But the next time their parents attempt the cost-cutting exercise, Hansel can’t find any pebbles and birds eat the trail of crumbs he tries to leave instead. Lost and starving, the hungry children find a house of gingerbread and sweets, and begin to eat it. The owner, a witch with a taste for young flesh, captures them, and makes Gretel a household slave while fattening Hansel in an iron cage for the cooking pot. But the intrepid children manage to trick the witch into herself falling into the oven so that they can escape. One hopes this time they were rewarded when they reached home yet again …

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