Young women were the true originators of the Grimms’ Tales
Snow White, Rapunzel, Cinderella – the old fairy tales are full of female lust and hope, and most were told by women
by Christine Lehnen
Christine Lehnen is a novelist and researcher at the University of Manchester, UK. She has recently published a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen (2022) and is working on a book on remembering women in Europe and North America. She writes fiction under the pen names C E Bernard and C K Williams. Photo © Eva-Lotte Hill
Written by Christine Lehnen