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Jacob and Wilhelm
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| Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
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| 1785–1863, German philologist and folklorist, a founder of comparative philology…. He is best known for his work on German folk tales, known as Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1812–15), which he collected with his brother, Wilhelm Grimm, 1786–1859, and which did much to encourage the romantic revival of folklore.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. (See also: Introductory Note from the Harvard Classics.) |
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Pronunciation:  gr m from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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- Household Tales
These 42 selections preserved the folklore of the German people and formed an inspiration to generations of storytellers. From the Harvard Classics, Vol. XVII, Part 2.
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