This classic German fairy tale tells the story of a young bridegroom who is actually a robber in disguise. He is determined to steal the bride's dowry, but his plans are foiled when the bride's father discovers his true identity. The robber is forced to flee, but the
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"The Robber Bridegroom" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 40. Joseph Jacobs included a variant, Mr Fox, in English Fairy Tales, but the original provenance is much older; Shakespeare alludes to the Mr. Fox variant in Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 1:Like the old tale, my lord: "it is not so, nor `t was not so; but, indeed, God forbid it should be so."