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Ludwig Bechstein (November 24, 1801 — May 14, 1860) was a German writer and collector of folk fairy tales.

He was born in Weimar, the illegitimate child of Johanna Carolina Dorothea Bechstein and Hubert Dupontreau, a French emigrant who disappeared even before the birth of the child, and Ludwig thus grew up his first nine years in very poor economic conditions. His situation improved only when his uncle Johann Matthäus Bechstein, a renowned naturalist and forester living in Meiningen in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in Thuringia, adopted him in 1810. He was sent to school, and in 1818, started an apprenticeship as an pharmacist.

From 1829 to 1831 he studied philosophy and literature in Leipzig and Munich thanks to a stipendiate granted by Duke Bernhard II of Sachsen-Meiningen, who hired him subsequently as a librarian. This life-time post provided Bechstein with a continuous income, while leaving him a lot of freedom to pursue his own interests and writing.

Bechstein published many works and was a successful author of his time. His German Fairy Tale Book was even more popular than the Brothers Grimm's collection when it was first published in 1845. He published several collections of folk tales, but also romances, poems, and novels.

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Total Books: 55
Hexengeschichten
2021 - Hexengeschichten [Band 138, Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung - German Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783847851271
ISBN-10: 3847851276
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Beauty and the Beast The Ultimate Collection
2014 - Beauty and the Beast the Ultimate Collection (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781497416826
ISBN-10: 1497416825
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Deutsches Sagenbuch
2013 - Deutsches Sagenbuch [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781482316308
ISBN-10: 1482316307
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Rheinsagen
2012 - Rheinsagen [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781480281745
ISBN-10: 1480281743
Genre: History
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Deutsches Mrchenbuch
2010 - Deutsches Mrchenbuch [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142642624
ISBN-10: 1142642623
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Der Sagenschatz Des Thringerlandes
2010 - Der Sagenschatz Des Thringerlandes [German Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142653941
ISBN-10: 1142653943
Genre: Nonfiction
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Der Todtentanz Ein Gedicht
2010 - Der Todtentanz Ein Gedicht [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143152283
ISBN-10: 114315228X
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Ludwig Bechstein'S Mrchenbuch Mit 90 Holzschnitten Nach Originalzeichnungen
2010 - Ludwig Bechstein's Mrchenbuch Mit 90 Holzschnitten Nach Originalzeichnungen [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141613564
ISBN-10: 1141613565
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Faustus Ein Gedicht
2010 - Faustus Ein Gedicht [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141670420
ISBN-10: 1141670429
Genre: Nonfiction
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Das Grosse Thringische Mysterium Oder Das Geistliche Spiel Von Den Zehn Jungfrauen Aufgefhrt Zu Eisenach Am 24 April 1322
Leipzig
2010 - Leipzig [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141848515
ISBN-10: 1141848511
Genre: Nonfiction
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Die HaimonsKinder Ein Gedicht Aus Dem Sagenkreise Karls Des Grossen in Vier Sngen
2010 - Die Haimonskinder Ein Gedicht Aus Dem Sagenkreise Karls Des Grossen in VIer Sngen [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141278862
ISBN-10: 1141278863
Genre: Nonfiction
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Marchenbuch
2009 - Marchenbuch [German Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781117316499
ISBN-10: 1117316491
Genre: Nonfiction
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Die Manuscripte Peter Schlemihl's Part 12
2009 - Die Manuscripte Peter Schlemihl's Part 12 [1851 - German Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781120486035
ISBN-10: 1120486033
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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MrchenSammlung
2008 - Mrchensammlung [Illustrierte Ausgabe - Dodo Press - German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781409927082
ISBN-10: 1409927083
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Der Dunkelgraf
2008 - Der Dunkelgraf [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781406873085
ISBN-10: 140687308X
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Die schnsten Mrchen
2007 - Die Schnsten Mrchen (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783625116868
ISBN-10: 3625116863
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Schwan kleb an  Die schnsten Mrchen von Ludwig Bechstein
2006 - Schwan Kleb an Die Schnsten Mrchen Von Ludwig Bechstein (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783401060514
ISBN-10: 3401060511
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Sagenbuch der Wartburg und von Eisenach
2004 - Sagenbuch Der Wartburg Und Von Eisenach (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783936030884
ISBN-10: 393603088X
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Sagen aus deutschen Landen
2003 - Sagen Aus Deutschen Landen (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783895551444
ISBN-10: 3895551449
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Smtliche Mrchen
2003 - Smtliche Mrchen (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783491961043
ISBN-10: 3491961041
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1994 - Mrchen (Hardcover)Hardcover
Samtliche Marchen Band I II [2 VOLUMES; -- Germany--] (Paperback)
Thuringer Sagenbuch [ZA Reprints - German Edition] (Other)
Aus Dem Sagenschatz Der Hessen [Husum Taschenbuch - German Edition] (Paperback)