Rumpelstiltskin's Secret: What Women Didn't Tell the Grimms

by Harry Rand

Everyone knows Rumpelstiltskin's story--or thinks they do. But this innocent-seeming tale hides generations of women's shrewd accounts of their relationships with men. And the verdict is not flattering. The fairytale may count among the world's oldest dirty jokes. The theme of the tale, an observation repeated and varied throughout, mocks male inadequacy in many forms, beginning with sexual failure. The punchline misplaced, over time its wickedly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815384564
• ISBN13: 9780815384564
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"