Gender-swapped Fairy Tales: Hansel and Gretel & The Goose Boy (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The classic Brothers Grimm stories of Hansel and Gretel and The Goose Girl are turned on their head and given new life in these original new gender-swapped retellings. With the gender of every character swapped, the young maid becomes the young man, Queens become Kings and the heroines of these well-loved stories become heroes instead. By swapping the genders these stories can be read in a new light and from fascinating modern perspectives. In these stories, Gretel is the one who invents a clever way to find a way back through the forest while Hansel weeps and looks to her for comfort. Queens and princesses are dynamic and decisive actors who draw the plot along, right wrongs and serve out justice. The actions and motivations of male characters are also turned on their heads and they are given new freedoms and motivations. In these stories, men are admired and praised for their meekness and quietness - but also experience much sorrow as a result of these qualities. And the loving, tender bond between father and son is explored in "The Goose Boy," when a King's son is sent away to marry a princess in another kingdom. Subversive and surprising, these gender-swapped re-tellings of two classic Brothers Grimm stories will make you see your favourite fairy tales in a whole new light!