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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
Aus dem Sagenschatz der Franken
Aus Dem Sagenschatz Der Franken (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783880426726
ISBN-10: 3880426724
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Aus dem Sagenschatz der Hessen
Aus Dem Sagenschatz Der Hessen [Husum Taschenbuch - German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783880421936
ISBN-10: 3880421935
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Aus dem Sagenschatz der Schwaben
Aus Dem Sagenschatz Der Schwaben (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783872300300
ISBN-10: 387230030X
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Beauty and the Beast The Ultimate Collection
Beauty and the Beast the Ultimate Collection (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781497416826
ISBN-10: 1497416825
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Das Grosse Thringische Mysterium Oder Das Geistliche Spiel Von Den Zehn Jungfrauen Aufgefhrt Zu Eisenach Am 24 April 1322
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Das Tapfere Schneiderlein (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783480200658
ISBN-10: 3480200656
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Der Dunkelgraf
Der Dunkelgraf [Dodo Press - German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781409922582
ISBN-10: 1409922588
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Der Sagenschatz Des Thringerlandes
Der Sagenschatz Des Thringerlandes [German Edition] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142653941
ISBN-10: 1142653943
Genre: Nonfiction
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Der Todtentanz Ein Gedicht
Der Todtentanz Ein Gedicht [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143152283
ISBN-10: 114315228X
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Deutsche Sagen
Deutsche Sagen (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783866472693
ISBN-10: 3866472692
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Deutsches Mrchenbuch
Deutsches Mrchenbuch (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783150094839
ISBN-10: 3150094836
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Deutsches Sagenbuch
Deutsches Sagenbuch [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781482316308
ISBN-10: 1482316307
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Die DonauReise und ihre schonsten Ansichten Mit mehr als 100 Stahlstichen der beruhmtesten Kunstler
Die Donaureise Und Ihre Schonsten Ansichten Mit Mehr Als 100 Stahlstichen Der Beruhmtesten Kunstler [Topographia Austriaca - German Edition] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9783201015240
ISBN-10: 3201015245
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Die HaimonsKinder Ein Gedicht Aus Dem Sagenkreise Karls Des Grossen in Vier Sngen
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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Die Manuscripte Peter Schlemihl's Part 12
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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Die schnsten Mrchen
Die Schnsten Mrchen (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783596901128
ISBN-10: 359690112X
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Die schnsten Mrchen vom Heilen
Die Schnsten Mrchen Vom Heilen (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9783424013986
ISBN-10: 3424013986
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Die schnsten Mrchen von Ludwig Bechstein
Die Schnsten Mrchen Von Ludwig Bechstein (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783720521956
ISBN-10: 3720521958
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Faustus Ein Gedicht
Faustus Ein Gedicht [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141670420
ISBN-10: 1141670429
Genre: Nonfiction
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Hexengeschichten
Hexengeschichten [Band 138, Klassiker in neuer Rechtschreibung - German Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783847851271
ISBN-10: 3847851276
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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IM WEITEN BUNTEN MARCHENLAND
Im Weiten Bunten Marchenland (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783517001746
ISBN-10: 3517001740
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Leipzig [German Edition] (Paperback)
Marchenbuch [German Edition] (Hardcover)Paperback
Mrchensammlung [German Edition] (Paperback)
Rheinsagen [German Edition] (Paperback)
Samtliche Marchen Band I II [2 VOLUMES; -- Germany--] (Paperback)
Thuringer Sagenbuch [ZA Reprints - German Edition] (Other)