This week on Grimm Reading we read, review and explore one of the best known Brothers Grimm stories: Rumpelstiltskin.

 

Yet another miller has accidentally promised his daughter away. This time to a greedy king who mistakenly believes she can spin straw into gold. Can our maiden find a way to achieve the impossible? And will... Ah, you know the story.

 

We explore the origins of the famous little man, assess popular interpretations, make a few of our own and take a look at other versions of the tale from across the world. Well, Britain mostly.

 

And finally, we choose the next three stories we'll be giving the Grimm Reading treatment. 

 

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

 

Other music: Johannes Brahms's Waltz Op 39 No 15 performed by Paul Cantrell / Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No.8 in G major performed by Paul Rosenthal & Edward Auer / Fréderic Chopin’s Prelude Op 28 No 9 performed by Paul Cantrell