A review by eemms
Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales by Valerie Paradiž

4.0

Got more into it by the end - easy to read history of the Grimm brothers (indeed, the whole family), how their era and background influenced their story collection, and also a running account of all the women who contributed the stories themselves. I still wish there had been more on the literary history of the stories themselves - there are a few notes about the French origins of a few, and a passing mention of the changes made to bring medieval stories in line with contemporary mores, and I was hoping for more of that when I started the book.