"But my interest has always been in how the tales worked as stories. So I decided to retell the best and most interesting of them, clearing out of the way anything that would prevent them from running freely... I just wanted to produce a version that was as clear as water. My guiding question has been: 'How would I tell this story myself, if I'd heard it told by someone else and wanted to pass it on?'"
An excerpt from Philip Pullman's essay “
The Challenge of Retelling Grimms’ Fairy Tales” found in
The Gaurdian. An insightful examination of the fairy tale and how to keep it "true to form."
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