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Russian Fairy Tales Paperback - 1976

by Aleksandr Afanas'ev

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From the publisher

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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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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  • Title Russian Fairy Tales
  • Author Aleksandr Afanas'ev
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 672
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pantheon Books, New York
  • Publication date 1976-09-12
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780394730905 / 0394730909
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.4 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 3.56 cm)
  • Age range 08 to 11 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 6
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Fairy tales, Folklore - Russia (Federation)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006271176
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.2

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“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

About the author

ALEKSANDR AFANAS'EV (1826-1871) published his groundbreaking collection of Russian folktales and fairy tales in eight volumes, from 1855 to 1867. His success in polarizing Russian folklore and culture is reflected in the work of writers and composers from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to Igor Stravinsky.

NORBERT GUTERMAN (1900-1984) was a Polish-born translator of scholarly and literary works from French, Polish, Latin, and Russian. Immigrating to the United States in 1933, he also translated works by Bella Chagall, Paracelsus, and Henry Lefebvre.

ALEXANDER ALEXEIEFF (1901-1982) was a Russian-born artist, film animator, filmmaker, and illustrator who created the artwork for Pantheon's first edition of Doctor Zhivago.

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