' Then she began to run & she ran over the sharp stones & through the thorns & the wild animals bounded past her ' Four weird dark & enchanting fairy-tales from the Brothers Grimm Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) & Wilhelm Karl (1786-1859) are the Brothers Grimm Their Selected Tales are also available in Penguin Classics