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Russian Fairy Tales

AUTHOR Afanas'ev, Aleksandr; Guterman, N.; Afanas'ev, Aleksandr et al.
PUBLISHER Pantheon Books (09/12/1976)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
Description

Beautifully illustrated, here is the most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English.

This comprehensive collection introduces readers to universal fairy-tale figures and to such uniquely Russian characters such as Koshchey the Deathless, Baba Yaga, the Swan Maiden, and the glorious Firebird. The more than 175 tales culled from a landmark multi-volume collection by the outstanding Russian ethnographer Aleksandr Afanas'ev reveal a rich, robust world of the imagination.

Translated by Norbert Guterman
Illustrated by Alexander Alexeieff
With black-and-white illustrations throughout
Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
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Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780394730905
ISBN-10: 0394730909
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 672
Carton Quantity: 12
Product Dimensions: 6.10 x 1.40 x 9.20 inches
Weight: 1.85 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General
Grade Level: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
Dewey Decimal: 398.2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006271176
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Nearly 200 characteristic and colorful traditional folk and fairy tales are brought together in the only comprehensive edition available in English. Of the original 1945 edition, Eudora Welty wrote, "These Russian tales are rambunctious, full-blooded and temperamental. They are tense with action, magical and human, and move in a kind of cyclone of speed....These tales are gorgeous."
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Beautifully illustrated, here is the most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English.

This comprehensive collection introduces readers to universal fairy-tale figures and to such uniquely Russian characters such as Koshchey the Deathless, Baba Yaga, the Swan Maiden, and the glorious Firebird. The more than 175 tales culled from a landmark multi-volume collection by the outstanding Russian ethnographer Aleksandr Afanas'ev reveal a rich, robust world of the imagination.

Translated by Norbert Guterman
Illustrated by Alexander Alexeieff
With black-and-white illustrations throughout
Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

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