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Word Counts

Appendix III

Word Count Comparison 1812 to 1857

Word Count Comparison 1812 to 1857 sorted by story number. Where there is no word count for 1857 text, the story was deleted and does not appear in the 1857 edition of the KHM.*

1812 Volume I English Title

1st Ed 1812

5th Ed 1857*

1812 Words

1857 Words

% Change

Frog King or The Iron Heinrich, The

1

1

982

1284

31%

Catz and Maus in Company

2

2

527

896

70%

Marienkind

3

3

1167

1764

51%

Nine-Pins and Card Game

4

4

684

3049

346%

Wolf and the Seven Young Dam-lings, The

5

5

734

1011

38%

Of The Nightingale and the Blindworm

6

 

210

   

Regarding the Stolen Heller

7

154

298

311

4%

Hand with the Knife, The

8

 

263

   

Twelve Brothers, The

9

9

1250

1832

47%

Lumpengesindel, Das

10

10

678

724

7%

Brüderchen und Schwesterchen

11

11

1065

2247

111%

Rapunzel

12

12

892

1331

49%

Three Manlings in the Forest

13

13

973

1861

91%

Regarding the Cruel Flaxspinning

14

14

327

816

150%

Hänsel und Gretel

15

15

1975

2665

35%

Herr Fix und Fertig

16

 

1125

   

White Snake, The

17

17

855

1492

75%

Strawstem Ember and Bean on Travels

18

18

250

483

93%

Regarding the Fisherman and His Wife

19

19

1911

2988

56%

Regarding a Brave Taylor

20

20

2411

2414

0%

Aschenputtel

21

21

2772

2418

-13%

How Children Played with One Another at Butchering

22

 

438

   

Regarding the Mouselet, Birdlet and the Bratwurst

23

23

570

571

0%

Frau Holle

24

24

821

1102

34%

Three Ravens, The

25

25

507

833

64%

Rothkäppchen

26

26

1143

1259

10%

Death and the Gooseherder

27

 

275

   

Singing Bone, The

28

28

481

694

44%

Of The Devil with Three Golden Hairs

29

29

1688

2404

42%

Louse-let and Flea-let

30

30

347

347

0%

Maiden without Hands

31

31

1275

2177

71%

Clever Hans, The

32

32

1831

787

-57%

Booted Tom Cat, The

33

 

1636

   

Hanses Trine

34

 

239

   

Sparrow and His Four Children, The

35

157

821

822

0%

Regarding the Tablechen

36

36

2291

3479

52%

Regarding the Serviette

37

 

974

   

Regarding Frau Füchsin

38

38

585

729

25%

Regarding the Wichtelmännern

39

39

785

1071

36%

Robber Bridegroom, The

40

40

760

1312

73%

Herr Korbes

41

41

345

352

2%

Herr Gefatter, The

42

42

438

566

29%

Wonderly Guesting Place, The

43

 

317

   

Gefatter Death, The

44

44

553

1111

101%

Taylors Daumerlings Wanderings, The

45

45

886

1467

66%

Fitchers Vogel

46

46

791

1227

55%

Regarding The Juniper Tree

47

47

3050

3026

-1%

Old Sultan, The

48

48

639

800

25%

Six Swans, The

49

49

1118

1846

65%

Dornröschen

50

50

846

1219

44%

Regarding Foundling-Bird

51

51

895

879

-2%

König Drosselbart

52

52

952

1533

61%

Sneewittchen (Schneeweisschen)

53

53

2449

2833

16%

Hans Dumm

54

 

586

   

Rumpelstilzchen

55

55

459

1004

119%

Dearest Roland, The

56

56

967

1350

40%

Regarding Golden Bird

57

57

2213

2799

26%

Regarding the Loyal Godfather Sparrow

58

58

623

1095

76%

Prince Swan

59

 

1031

   

Goldegg, The

60

 

479

   

Regarding the Taylor Who Soon Became Rich

61

 

939

   

Bluebeard

62

 

1089

   

Goldchildren

63

85

1043

1780

71%

Regarding The Dummling

64

 

1780

   

Allerleirauh

65

65

1772

2014

14%

Hurleburlebutz

66

 

840

   

King With The Lion, The

67

67

693

1010

46%

Regarding the Summer- and Winter- Garden

68

 

1038

   

Jorinde and Joringel

69

69

856

855

0%

Der Okerlo

70

 

808

   

Princess Mouise-skin

71

 

427

   

Birnli will not Fall. The

72

 

363

   

Murder Palace, The

73

 

619

   

Regarding Johannes-Wassersprung and Caspar-Wassersprung

74

 

864

   

Bird Phoenix

75

 

595

   

Carnation, The

76

76

687

1673

144%

Regarding the Carpenter and the Truner

77

 

283

   

Old Grandfather and the Grandson, The

78

78

240

232

-3%

Water Nymph, The

79

79

258

261

1%

Regarding the Death of the Henlet

80

80

564

592

5%

Smith and The Devil, The

81

 

855

   

Three Sisters, The

82

 

3962

   

Poor Maiden, The

83

153

255

298

17%

In Law Mother, The

84

 

351

   

F R A G M E N T S

85

 

280

   

Fox and The Geese, The

86

86

193

214

11%