Your parents were poor but that didn't stop you from receiving higher education and even attending university. You were planning on becoming an actor before you turned to writing and unlike many others, you were successful in your lifetime, your fairy tales gaining wide popularity in Europe as early as the late 1830s. Lots of your stories contain depictions of the poor and the underclass, of not fitting in, which you felt quite strongly about.
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Born April 2, 1805, died August 4, 1875.
Your parents were poor but that didn't stop you from receiving higher education and even attending university. You were planning on becoming an actor before you turned to writing and unlike many others, you were successful in your lifetime, your fairy tales gaining wide popularity in Europe as early as the late 1830s. Lots of your stories contain depictions of the poor and the underclass, of not fitting in, which you felt quite strongly about.