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A unique and enchanting collection of Russian folk tales collected over the last two centuries In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral tales, collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers- Alexander Pushkin, Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov and Andrey Platonov.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141442235
eBay Product ID (ePID)129283287
Product Key Features
Number of Pages496 Pages
Publication NameRussian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMythology
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobert Chandler
Subject AreaFairy Tale
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight360 g
Additional Product Features
EditorRobert Chandler
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
TopicLiterary Theory, Books