Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin with illustrations by Charles Robinson Rumpelstiltskin is an old fairy tale from the Grimm brothers' collection. The same story pattern can be found virtually all over the world, with different names for the title character or even focusing on the other side of the conflict. Charles Robinson created a few illustrations for The Big Book of Fairy Tales edited by Walter Jerrold and published by Blackie & Son in 1911. We'll go through the story with some help of his beautiful black and white pictures. The story starts with the king stopping by the miller. The miller is very proud of this unsuspected visit and starts bragging. It is not an everyday occasion to have so important visitor. So he babbles and babbles and praises everything from his life. Especially his daughter. She is not only beautiful but very skillful as well. His intentions are obvious. He is trying to present the king with the possibility of having his daughter for his wife. That would be some...