The Story Of The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

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Brothers Grimm
By: Anna H.

You clutch your basket as you run through the forest! You hear snapping at you heels! Your red cape flutters in your face! you dash to the cottage where you think you are safe! You are in a fairytale!

About their stories

When the French took over Germany under Napoleon’s leadership, Jacob and Wilhelm increased their studies. They gathered fairy tales because they hoped no one would forget German culture (Hettinga pg.66). The fairy tales the Brothers Grimm wrote are tales that other people told them (Hettinga). Some of the tales that the Brothers Grimm wrote are very grim! There is one story about these kids who were killing pigs, but they were not careful and they ended up killing each other. This is one of the reasons parents did not think the Brothers Grimm fairy tales were suitable for their kids (Hettinga pg.78). The Brothers Grimm fairytales have been changed over time, in different countries. In Cinderella the glass slippers have been changed into different material like leather instead of glass (Hettinga pg.X). The Brothers Grimm asked all their friends to collect stories or phrases from anyone who might of happened to have one (Hettinga pg.). Another scholar was collecting tales at the same time as the Brothers Grimm. He asked them if he could borrow their manuscript. Fortunately they copied it down by hand because he never gave it back (Hettinga pg. 73+74).
Childhood
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was born on January 4, 1785 (Hettinga pg.1). In the year 1786 on February 24, Wilhelm Carl...

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...publishers sold all 900 copies in the first three years. Some people thought it was too gross and not appropriate (Hettinga pg.77-78). Jacob and Wilhelm started gathering more tales for their second book (Hettinga pg.79).

Later life

Wilhelm married a woman named Dortchen Wild. They had a baby in 1826, who died (Hettinga pg.68 + 108). They had a second child in 1828, and in 1832, Dortchen had a baby girl (Hettinga pg.118). Meanwhile, Jacob applied for the head librarian’s job, after the man had died in 1829 (Hettinga pg.109). Dortchen got very sick when she was helping her friend Lotte, who was very ill (Hettinga pg.118). Wilhelm died at 3 pm on December 15, 1859 (Hettinga pg.146). Jacob died on September 20, 1863 at 10 pm (Hettinga pg.149).

The Brothers Grimm wrote and copied many stories that are still told today!

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