کتاب The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm WordsworthOriginal Jacob Grimm 17851863 and his brother Wilhelm 17861859 were philologists and folklorists The brothers rediscovered a host of fairy tales telling of princes and princesses in their castles witches in their towers and forests of giants and dwarfs of fabulous animals and dark deeds  Together with the wellknown tales of Rapunzel The GooseGirl Sleeping Beauty Hansel and Gretel and Snow White there are the darker tales such as Deaths Messengers which deserve to be better known and which will appeal not only to all who are interested in the history of folklore but also to all those who simply love good storytelling