Besides, the reader is given fair warning before each bloody scene, and told to send the frail and the delicate away before proceeding.
On the other hand, these are fairy tales, where all manner of horrible things regularly occur. No details are spared, no quarter given in the description of precisely what happens to the two unfortunate children on their travels. Firstly, there's the issue of the violence and bloodshed. This is a book which is going to provoke strong feelings. And we all know what happens if you eat people's homes, don't we? Well, maybe. No sooner are their heads and necks reunited, and they've fled their murderous parents, than the two children find themselves in front of an edible house. And that's not the only misfortune to befall Hansel and his sister. Not many books begin with the hero and heroine losing their heads (literally) before page thirty.
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