The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Description of the book
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm is a collection of the 211
Children's and Household Tales (German:
Kinder- und Hausmärchen) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, first published on 20 December 1812.
The Brothers Grimm (
die Brüder Grimm or
die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859), were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century. They were among the first and best-known collectors of German and European folk tales, and popularized traditional oral tale types such as
Cinderella (
Aschenputtel),
The Frog Prince (
Der Froschkönig),
The Goose-Girl (
Die Gänsemagd),
Hansel and Gretel (
Hänsel und Gretel),
Rapunzel,
Rumpelstiltskin (
Rumpelstilzchen),
Sleeping Beauty (
Dornröschen), and
Snow White (
Schneewittchen). Their classic collection,
Children's and Household Tales (
Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published in two volumes - the first in 1812 and the second in 1815.
