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Russian Fairy Tales : PANTHEON FAIRY TALE AND FOLKLORE LIBRARY - Aleksandr Afanas'ev

Russian Fairy Tales

By: Aleksandr Afanas'ev

Paperback | 2 June 2006 | Edition Number 1

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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

Industry Reviews
"Rambunctious, full-blooded, and temperamental, these stories are tense with action, magical, and human. They are gorgeous." --Eudora Welty

"The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring [that] flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it . . . These stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian." --Time "A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities." --Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review

"Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost [and] bound them into one volume before they disappeared . . . It is filled with action, magic, and humanity." --St. Louis Globe-Democrat

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