Grimm Reading2 Okt 2022

The Valiant Little Tailor

Welcome to series 5 of Grimm Reading! We kick things off with The Valiant Little Tailor, story number 20 in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales.

When a little tailor takes down a swarm of flies ruining his jam on toast, he can’t believe his own bravery. His studio is now too small for a man like him, so he embroiders a commemorative girdle and sets off into the world to make his name.

Several vanquished giants, dehorned unicorns, pious boars, redundant soldiers and squeezed cheeses later, the tailor is set to marry a princess. But she has other ideas… Will this humble, cocky little tailor make it to the top or will he face defeat? Find out in this huge adventure, The Brave Little Tailor!

After the story, we discuss how it compares to other stories and how it breaks fairy tales rules, before looking into the development of the tale and how the Grimms shaped it in strange ways. Finally we reveal the results of our season 5 story poll and the order we’ll be reading the remaining stories.

Thanks so much for hanging around for us, looking forward to sharing a new Grimm season with you.

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other Music: Schumann's Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73: III. Rasch und mit Feuer (Gabriel Schwabe, cello; Nicholas Rimmer, piano) // Chopin's Polonaise No. 3 (performed by Maria Szymanowska) // Brahms' Waltz Op 39 No 15 (performed by Paul Cantrell)

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