Grimms' Fairy Tales
$19.43
- Hardcover
392 pages
- Release Date
11 October 2016
Summary
For the past two centuries, these delightful stories, gathered together and written down by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, have entertained and frightened children and adults alike. The lives of Tom Thumb, Cinderella, Rumplestiltskin, and the Frog Prince form part of our common heritage: they stimulate the imagination and the heart, and linger at the back of our minds for a lifetime. They are funny, disturbing, wise, and compassionate. They speak of joy and terror, happiness and revenge, l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509826667 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509826661 |
| Author: | Brothers Grimm |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Edition: | New Edition |
| Release Date: | 11 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 387g |
| Dimensions: | 157mm x 102mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
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About The Author
Brothers Grimm
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were born during the 1780s in Hanau, Germany. After studying law, they worked as diplomats and librarians in Kassel. In 1837 they were dismissed from their professorships at the University of Göttingen for refusing to swear allegiance to the new King of Hanover, but were later invited to join the Academy in Berlin, by Frederick William IV of Prussia, where they remained for the rest of their lives. The brothers were two of the greatest scholars that Germany has produced. Aside from their folktales, they produced many different volumes of research, as well as anthologies of verse and song, and two of Germany’s most important linguistic texts, the Deutsche Grammatik (German Grammar) and the Deutsche Wörterbuch (German Dictionary). Wilhelm died in 1859, and Jacob died in 1863.
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