Russian Fairy Tales - Hardcover
The most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English 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. Beautifully illustrated, 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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"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
From the Inside Flap:
"Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost, bound them into one volume before they disappeared...it is filled with action, magic, and humanity...." -- St. Louis Globe-Democrat
"The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring. As in the fairy tale, it flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it... these stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian."
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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- PublisherSheldon Press
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0859690733
- ISBN 13 9780859690737
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages664
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Russian Fairy Tales Afanas'ev, A.N. and Guterman, N.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback with dust jacket. Boards and contents very clean and unmarked. DJ is edge worn with some small chips and small closed tears and a faded spine. Longer closed tears have been repaired with tape. VG/G. Seller Inventory # AD430
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Russian Fairy Tales: Translated by Norbert Guterman from the collections of Aleksandr Afanas'ev. Illustrations by Alexander Alexeieff. Folkloristic commentary by Roman Jakobson. Reprint.
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(1976)
ISBN 10: 0859690733
ISBN 13: 9780859690737
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Book Description Original orange cloth, gilt lettered and ruled spine, decoration to upper board stamped in red, original printed dust-wrapper unclipped, 662pp., with many stylised 'Lubok' or folk style b/w in-text illustrations. Book in very good condition. Tight and clean. Usual browning of paper, dust-wrapper very good but a little chipped at edges. A nice copy. The Russian language's most dearly loved folk tales collected by Alexander Afanasyev ????????? (1826-1871). Here translated and with commentary by influential Russian born linguist Roman Jakobson. Originally published in the U.S. in 1945. Wonderfully illustrated by ????????? ???????? Alexander Alexeieff also known for his work in animation and as inventor of the 'pin-screen'. Seller Inventory # 38210
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