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Quotation from Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

“Looking-glass upon the wall, Who is fairest of us all?”

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (spoken by The Queen)

Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Snow-white, trans. Lucy Crane

Portrait of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The proud stepmother's daily question to her magic mirror, whose answer turns her envy to murder.

Citation: "Looking-glass upon the wall, Who is fairest of us all?" — Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household Stories (Grimm's Fairy Tales), Snow-white, trans. Lucy Crane. (id grimms-fairy-tales-q4)

Portrait: Grimm, Elisabeth Baumann, Public domain.

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