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Snow-white was married to him, and Rose-red to his brother, and

they divided between them the great treasure which the dwarf had

gathered together in his cave. The old mother lived peacefully

and happily with her children for many years. She took the two

rose-trees with her, and they stood before her window, and every

year bore the most beautiful roses, white and red.

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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859),

were born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, in the German state of Hesse.

Throughout their lives they remained close friends, and both

studied law at Marburg University. Jacob was a pioneer in the

study of German philology, and although Wilhelm's work was

hampered by poor health the brothers collaborated in the creation

of a German dictionary, not completed until a century after their

deaths. But they were best (and universally) known for the

collection of over two hundred folk tales they made from oral

sources and published in two volumes of 'Nursery and Household

Tales' in 1812 and 1814. Although their intention was to preserve

such material as part of German cultural and literary history,

and their collection was first published with scholarly notes and

no illustration, the tales soon came into the possession of young

readers.