The central idea of the passage, which is the Grimm brothers'tragic and brutal tales, is supported with the fact that theyintended to preserve German oraltradition stories and morals that otherwise would be lost.
The brothers asserted that they collected the stories with “exactness and truth,” without adding embellishment or details of their own. In later editions, Wilhelm expanded the originally shorter, sparser prose and modified plots to make parts of the dark, tragic stories more accessible to children.
The Grimms collected stories about real living conditions from people they trusted. The Grimms did not know the informants who gave contributors their stories.
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