Hans in Luck E-book
Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Genre: Children Stories, Literature
Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) - German philologists whose
collection "Kinder- und Hausmarchen," known in English as "Grimm's Fairy
Tales," is a timeless literary masterpiece. The brothers transcribed these
tales directly from folk and fairy stories told to them by common villagers.
Hans in Luck (1812) - Hans receives a large bag of gold for years of service
to his master. On his way home, he trades the gold for a horse, the horse
for a cow, the cow for a pig, and so on until he is "lucky" to have nothing.
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