The Brothers Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics best known for collecting European folk tales. Children’s and Household Tales, published in two volumes, include such staples of childhood as “Cinderella,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Rumpelstiltskin,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Snow White,” and “Sleeping Beauty”—stories on which Disney built an empire. Wilhelm worked on the prose while Jacob established the framework maintained through many editions. Jacob never married but lived with Wilhelm and his wife in the Kingdom of Hanover.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- The Elves and the Shoemaker, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2021–2022