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Russian Folk-Tales by A.N. Afanasev
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Russian Folk-Tales (edition 1973)

by A.N. Afanasev (Compiler), Leonard Arthur Magnus (Translator), Leonard Arthur Magnus (Introduction)

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A collection of seven classic folk tales from Russia.
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Title:Russian Folk-Tales
Authors:A.N. Afanasev (Compiler)
Other authors:Leonard Arthur Magnus (Translator), Leonard Arthur Magnus (Introduction)
Info:Gryphon Press (1973), 366 pages
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Tags:Myths Legends and Folklore, Russia

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Russian Fairy Tales by Ivan Bilibin (Illustrator)

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These fairytales were…interesting to say the least. It was nice reading them and getting to know what a portion of the metaphorical landscape of Russian fairytales and folklore looks like. Some of them were weird, as what happens with most folklore of different countries. But they were definitely unique. ( )
  historybookreads | Jul 26, 2021 |
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  wetdryvac | Mar 2, 2021 |
This book contains five Russian fairy tales and features a couple of quintessential characters: the Baby Yaga, living in her hut on hens' legs, and the firebird. While there are echoes to the collected tales by the brothers Grimm, I don't believe that these stories were modelled after them, as one reviewer remarked; I think that some of these tales represent archetypal stories that have their roots in the deep past, when they were shared around campfires and travelled vast distances, and then evolved into the recognisable tales we find today, albeit with local and regional variations.

Three of the stories ('Vasilisa the Beautiful', 'The Feather of Finist the Falcon' and 'The Frog-Tsarevna') offer a commendable variation to most fairy tales: they have as their main character a woman, whereas the man is very much on the sidelines and has to be rescued or assisted, if he appears at all. The latter two tales made a very deep impression on me when I was growing up, and I still remembered a couple of plot points more than thirty years later!

As some reviewers have already mentioned, the illustrations by Ivan Bilibin are stunning: intricate, highly detailed, atmospheric and very colourful, they enhance the stories no end and provide a flavour of Russian folklore and culture. ( )
  passion4reading | Oct 14, 2019 |
These tales are very similar in nature to the Grimm Fairy Tales. Since they were modeled after the Grimm Fairy Tales, I guess this can be expected. Really entertaining if you're into dark stories. There is a stronger streak of feminism than the Grimm fairy tales with more autonomy and independence for women in stories such as The Death of Koschei the Deathless. ( )
  AlexandraSeaha | Apr 11, 2019 |
This print-on-demand book from Amazon contains some of the most popular fairy tales from the Afanas'ev collection as well as the corresponding illustrations by Ivan Bilibin. It appears to be scanned from a previous edition but there's no information which one. The page numbers in the table of content do not match the actual pagination, and the spelling looks odd at times. The gorgeous pictures make up for it. ( )
  MissWatson | Dec 7, 2017 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Bilibin, IvanIllustratorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Afanas'ev, AleksandrEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Chandler, RobertTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Giezen, TheraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Marx, JohannaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Illustrated by Ivan Bilibin. Contains: Vasilisa the beautiful --
Maria Morevna --
The feather of Finist the Falcon --
The frog-tsarevna --
Tsarevich Ivan, the firebird and the grey wolf
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A collection of seven classic folk tales from Russia.

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Contains the following fairy tales:

Vasilisa the Beautiful
Maria Morevna
The Feather of Finist the Falcon
The Frog-Tsarevna
Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf
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Five Russian folk tales
with stunning illustrations –
a feast for the eyes!
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2 editions of this book were published by The Planet.

Editions: 1908478683, 1908478748

 

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