This intriguing look at a little-known historical figure has definite appeal for fairy-tale aficionados.” - Library Journal “Storytelling is at the heart of the narrative. In the bleak pages of history, Forsyth finds a story of enduring love and artistic integrity-her retelling is a fairy tale in itself.” - Kirkus Reviews “A beautiful and often heartbreaking love story that is sure to move and captivate readers.” - Booklist (starred review) Yet Dortchen is determined to find a way.Įvocative and richly-detailed, Kate Forsyth's The Wild Girl masterfully captures one young woman's enduring faith in love and the power of storytelling. But Dortchen's father will not give his consent for them to marry and war, death, and poverty also conspire to keep the lovers apart. Forced to live under oppressive French rule, Wilhelm and his brothers quietly rebel by preserving old half-forgotten tales that had once been told by the firesides of houses grand and small over the land.Īs Dortchen tells Wilhelm some of the most powerful and compelling stories in what will one day become his and Jacob's famous fairy tale collection, their love blossoms. Napoleon Bonaparte wants to conquer all of Europe, and Hesse-Cassel is one of the first kingdoms to fall. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to the boy next door, the handsome but very poor fairy tale scholar Wilhelm Grimm. One of six sisters, Dortchen Wild lives in the small German kingdom of Hesse-Cassel in the early 19th century.
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