{"_id":"674c167223baef9de46e84b5","title":"The Water of Life","original_language":"German","translators":["Edgar Taylor","Marian Edwardes"],"author":"Brothers Grimm","code":"the-water-of-life","words":2822,"publish_year":1815,"publish_source":"Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children’s and Household Tales)","publish_edition":"Vol. 2","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/GrimmKinderUndHausmaerchen2-1815/page/n99/mode/2up","image":"lone.jpg","image_alt":"A lone horserider. Graphite filter.","genres":["childrens","fantasy"],"blurb":"He heard a loud laugh ringing round him, and found that the path was closed behind him, so that he was shut in all round. He next tried to get off his horse and make his way on foot, but again the laugh rang in his ears, and he found himself unable to move a step.","description":"A dying kings’ sons set out to find the water of life that may save him.","rating":4,"unique_cover":"A short man talks to a man on a horse","cover_source":"Arthur Rakham","cover_link":"https://childrensandhouseholdtales.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/grimms-fairy-tales-illustrated-by-arthur-rackham/","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}