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read the excerpt from "how the grimm brothers saved
the fairy tale."
when jacob (b. 1785) and wilhelm (b. 1786) began
collecting folk tales and songs at the beginning of the
nineteenth century, they were precocious students at the
university of marburg, still in their teens. they grew up
quite fast, plagued by money problems and caring for their
siblings—their father died in 1796, leaving the once
middle-class family in poverty. their situation was further
aggravated by the rampant napoleonic wars. jacob
interrupted his studies to serve the hessian war
commission, although wilhelm passed his law exams and
found work as a low-paid librarian in the royal library. in
1807, jacob lost his position with the war commission,
when the french occupied kassel, but he was then hired
as a librarian for the new king jérome, napoleon's
brother, who now ruled westphalia. amidst all the
upheavals, their mother died in 1808, and jacob and
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