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The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Rumpelstiltskin Problem about?

A collection of variations on the familiar story of a boastful miller and the daughter he claims can spin straw into gold. Have you ever wondered just what was going on when that odd little man with the long name stepped up and volunteered to spin straw into gold for the miller's daughter? If you stop and think about it, there are some very peculiar and rather hard-to-explain components to the story. Vivian Vande Velde has wondered too, and she's come up with these six alternative versions of the old legend. A bevy of miller's daughters confront their perilous situation in very different ways -- sometimes comic, sometimes scary. Most of the time, it's the daughter who gets off safely, but sometimes, amazingly, Rumpelstiltskin himself wins the day. And in one tale, it is the king who cleverly escapes a quite unexpected fate.

Who reads The Rumpelstiltskin Problem?

Author

Vivian Vande Velde

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin; Scholastic Paperbacks

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780439305297

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Folklore, Children'S, Fiction

Rating

3.85 / 5 (285 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14