SN0W WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES



Authors:


Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm

First edition:


Schneewittchen (Snow White), 1812

Main illustrators:


Arkhipova Barrett Bernadette Bertall Billon Browne Crane Cruikshank Dargent Doré Doyle Giannini Hoffmann Kelek Kliros Mussino Pocci Rackham Stupica



In short:


A young girl --her skin as white as snow, her lips as red as blood and her hair as black as ebony-- is enslave by her step-mother. But she is gelous of the pretty young girl and tries to kill her. The girl hides herself in the seven dwarves' hut. But her step-mother manages to find her and, disguised as an old woman, empoissons her with and apple. Only with the arrival of the Charming prince and his kiss, will the spell be broken.



Selection of edition:


German popular Stories, illustrated by George Cruikshank, Baldwin, 1823.
Fairy Ring, illustrated by Richard Doyle, Murray, 1849.
Contes, illustrated by Bertall, Hachette, 40 ill.
Household stories, illustrated by Walter Crane, Macmillan, 1882.
Contes, illustrated by Gordon Browne, 1894.
Frau Holle und andere Maärchen, illustrated by Erich Kuithan.
Fiabe, illustrated by Attilio Mussino.
Contes, illustrated by Franz Graf von Pocci.
Blanche Neige d'après Grimm, illustrated by Gatti, 1971.
Blanche Neige, translated by E. Cognard, illustrated by M. Stupica, 17 ill., Hachette, collection "Contes merveilleux", 1971.
Blanche Neige, illustrated by Giannini, 20 colour illustrations, éd. Gauthier Languereau, série "Je lis tout seul", collection "Premier livre", 1973.
Blanche Neige, illustrated by Bernadette, Nord-Sud, 1983.
Contes de Grimm, illustrated by Kelek, Hatier, 1987.
Contes de Grimm, illustrated by A Archipova, Flammarion, 1990.
Blanche Neige, illustrated by Angela Barrett, Kaleidoscope, 1991.
Blanche-Neige, illustrated by Ginette Hoffman, Nathan, 1994, 19/22, 24 p.
Contes de Grimm, illustrated by Elzbieta Gandasinska, préface de Marc Soriano, Grasset, 1994.
Blanche-Neige, illustrated by Ginette Hoffman, Nathan, 1994, 19/22, 24 p.



Adaptations:


The first feature-film produced by Disney factory was Snow White, directed by David Hand in 1937.



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