Classic fairy tales, unsoftened

The classics with nothing cut out, the blood, the cruelty and the grim endings included, retold by Talerie in modern English for older readers.

These are the same tales as elsewhere on Talerie, told the way the old books told them, before later retellings tidied them up. Cinderella’s stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to fit the shoe, and the little mermaid does not get what she came for.

They are labeled so that nobody lands here by accident at bedtime. Every tale in this collection also has a gentler retelling on its own page.

They also run longer: the shortest is a few minutes, the longest goes past an hour. Each carries an age range, and it is worth reading it before you start.