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The Brothers Grimm (Brüder Grimm, in their own words, not Gebrüder - for there was a third brother: Ludwig Emil Grimm, the painter) were Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, German professors who were best known for publishing collections of authentic folk tales and fairy tales, and for their work in linguistics, relating to how the sounds in words shift over time (See Grimm's Law).
Biography
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm were born in 1785 and 1786, respectively, in Hanau near Frankfurt. They were educated at the Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Kassel and later both read law at the University of Marburg. More on [ Brothers Grimm ]
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Fairy Tales - Based on translations of the Grimms' Kinder- und Hausmärchen by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. Available in plain text, TeX, PDF, and as zip files. At Project Gutenberg.
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Fairy Tales by the Grimm Brothers - Twenty fairy tales in both German and English, with illustrations from nineteenth-century editions, prepared by Robert Godwin-Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Grimm Brothers - Provides tales and a biography of the Grimms.
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Grimm Brothers' Home Page - Biographical information, studies of specific tales, electronic tales, and links to more resources.
Grimm Brothers- Household Tales - Thirty-six tales from the Grimm Brothers.
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Grimm's Fairy Tales - Complete text of 209 tales based on the translation by Margaret Hunt, called Grimm's Household Tales; available through the Universal Library.
Grimm's Household Tales - Complete text of all 200 original tales and 10 supplementary ones in their original order including illustrations, with German and English in parallel texts.
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Grimm's Teutonic Mythology - Complete texts of the four volume collection of Germanic mythology compiled by the Grimm Brothers.
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Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863) - In-depth biographical article on the philologist, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Grimm, Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859) - Biographical entry in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Grimms Fairy Tales - All 209 tales, partly based on the translation by Margaret Hunt called Grimm's Household Tales.
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Household Tales - Provides the text of 42 folktales from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
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Shoemaker and the Elves - An online children's book with animation and links to games and coloring book downloads.
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The German Fairytale Road - Märchen of the Month, brief biography of the Grimm Brothers, student projects. Links to activities, exercises, and related pages in English and German.
The Grimmest of Grimm - Illustrated book of the grimmest Grimm tales.
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