Introduction: The historical context of German Women's fairy tales / Jeannine Blackwell --

Ghost lady (1853) / Gisela von Arnim --

Tale of Fewei (1784) / Catherine the Great --

Lion and the frog (1792/1793;1814) / Ludovica Brentano Jordis --

Boadicea and Velleda (1795) / Benedikte Naubert --

Old man in the cave (1800) / Sophie Tieck Bernhardi von Knorring --

Giants' forest (1801) / Anonymous --

Temora (1804) / Karoline von Gunderrode --

Queen's son (1808) / Bettina von Arnim --

Symbols (1814) / Amalie Von Helwig --

Rescued princess (1818) / Anna von Haxthausen --

Godmothers (1818) / Karoline Stahl --

Kind and diligent housewife (1828) / Amalie Schoppe --

Princess Rosalieb: a fairy tale (1841) / Agnes Franz --

Modern fairy tale (1841) / Fanny Lewald --

Tale of the monkeys (1845) / Louise Dittmar --

Doll institute (1849) / Sophie von Baudissin --

Nasty little pea (ca. 1845) / Gisela von Arnim --

About the hamster (ca. 1853) / Gisela von Arnim --

Little princess (1862) / Marie Von Olfers --

King's child (1867) / Marie Timme --

Black and white: A fairy tale (1869) / Elisabeth Ebeling --

Fragrance of flowers / Hedwig Dohm --

Princess of Banalia (1872) / Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach --

Snow White: Freely adapted from the Grimms (1877) / Henriette Kuhne-Harkort --

Furnica, or The queen of the ants (1883) / Elisabeth of Rumania --

Red flower (1893) / Anonymous --

Pack of lies (1896) / Ricarda Huch --

Wedding day (1853) / Gisela von Arnim --

Afterword: From the cradle to the grave: Reading these tales / Shawn C. Jarvis.