You can listen to the story by clicking on the speaker icon next to the title on the text page. The story is read by Professor Michael Metzger.

The image at left is from the painting "Yorinda and Yoringel in the Witch's Wood," painted in 1909 by John Duncan. The painting illustrates the Grimms' fairy tale of the same name, in which two lovers wander into a wood where a witch turns the girl, Yorinda, into a nightingale and carries her off to her castle. Eventually Yoringel rescues her with the aid of a magic flower.

Online Resources:

For a very complete collection of works by the Grimm Brothers, you might wish to visit this web site.

The University of Pittsburgh maintains a site on the Grimm Brothers detailing their lives, their works, and links to more information here

Criticism and Biography:

Ellis, John M. One Fairy Story Too Many: the Brothers Grimm and their Tales. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Haase, Donald. The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993.
Kamenetsky, Christa. The brothers Grimm & their Critics: Folktales and the Quest for Meaning. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1992.
McGlathery, James M. The Brothers Grimm and Folktale. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.
--Grimms' fairy tales: a History of Criticism on a Popular Classic. Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1993.
Murphy, G. Ronald. The Owl, the Raven, & the Dove: the Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Ohles, Frederik. Germany's Rude Awakening: Censorship in the Land of the Brothers Grimm. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1992.
Peppard, Murray B. Paths through the Forest: a Biography of the Brothers Grimm. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1971.
Tatar, Maria. The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987.
Zipes, Jack David. The Brotheres Grimm: from Enchanted Forests to the Modern World. New York: Routledge, 1988.