The Grimms had been collecting fairy tales from the people of Hesse since the early 1800’s. They had a favourite local storyteller named Marie Muller.
In 1812, the Grimm Brothers published their first volume of eighty-six stories and tales. In 1814 the second volume contained seventy stories. The stories were a success and the brothers were recognized for their work in 1819 with honorary doctorates from Marburg University.
The most beautiful
fairytales of the Grimm Brothers as far as I can recollect, were Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping
Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Snow-white, Rumpelstiltskin, Tom Thumb, and the list goes on and on. But, the
stories I have mentioned here are the really well known ones in the English
speaking nations of the world. I was lucky to have a Dad who was a great
story-teller and introduced us siblings to the fabulous fairy tale
world of the Grimm Brothers.
In 1838 they began the work on the
thirty-two volumes of a German dictionary, which focuses on history. Within the
next ten years the Grimms resigned from their teaching at the university of
Berlin and devoted their time to the completion of the dictionary. The Grimms
did not live to see the final edition of their German dictionary, which took
almost a hundred years to complete.
Wilhelm Grimm died on December 16, 1859 and Jacob Grimm on September 20, 1863.
Wilhelm Grimm died on December 16, 1859 and Jacob Grimm on September 20, 1863.
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