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    Brothers Grimm

    Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) were born in Hanau, Germany. They both studied at Marburg, and from 1808 to 1829 mainly worked in Kassel as state-appointed librarians. Both brothers had been professors at Göttingen for several years when, in 1837, they became two of the seven leading Göttingen academics dismissed from their posts by the new king of Hanover for their liberal political views. In 1840, they were invited by King Frederick William IV of Prussia to settle in Berlin as members of the Academy of Sciences, and here they remained until their deaths. Jacob, one of Germany’s greatest scholars, is justly regarded as the founder of the scientific study of the German language and medieval German literature. His most monumental achievements were the Deutsche Grammatik (1819–1837) and, with his brother's assistance, the initiation of the great Deutsches Wörterbuch, the many volumes of which were not completed by later scholars until 1961, and which has become the equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary. Between them, and often in collaboration, the Grimms were reponsible for pioneering work on medieval texts, the heroic epic, legends, and mythology; as well as for many other contributions to the study of ancient German culture. One of their most remarkable publications was the Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812, with many subsequent editions), which remains to this day the most famous collection of folktales in the world.
    Selected Tales
    Selected Tales
    Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm
    9780140444018
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 24, 1983
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
    The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
    Brothers Grimm
    9780394709307
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 12, 1976
    Pantheon
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB

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    Selected Tales
    Selected Tales
    Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
    9780140444018
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 24, 1983
    Penguin Classics
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
    The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
    The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
    Brothers Grimm
    9780394709307
    $25.00 US
    Paperback
    Sep 12, 1976
    Pantheon
    Grades 6-12 + AP/IB

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