Best of Polish Fairy Tales: What Is Destined to Come Shall Come

by Sergiej Nowikow

Reading these fairy tales, you will enjoy the wisdom and life experience of many generations of Polish people that are behind them.
If you want to feel the humor of this wonderful nation and get a glimpse of its people’s kindness, just continue reading these wonderful tales.
The book includes nice illustrations.
This book comprises of 50 Polish folk fairy tales.
1.Maria: What Is Destined to Come Shall Come
2.Anuszka the Golden Braid
3.About Two Girls – A Kind One and a Wicked One
4.The Girl and the Prince in the Cow’s Skin
5.Lazy Girl
6.Sermon
7.Three Lamps
8.About a Simple Man Who Comforted His Master
9.People Getting Rich
10.Extraordinary Wife
11.Owl and the Hawk
12.The Reason Why the Hare Eats No Meat
13.Dog’s Winter Thoughts and Summer Thoughts
14.Is there justice in this world?
15.Mazek’s Debt
16.Very Worst Punishment
17.It Does not Stab, nor Does It Shoot, yet It Knocks One Senseless
18.About a Rich Gentleman
19.How a Smith Worked His Way to Heaven
20.About a Prince Who Did not Want to Die
21.A Present for the Kings’ Godson
22.About the King’s Son
23.How a Simple Man’s Son Became the King and Married a Sea Girl
24.How the Dog Got the Wolf Wear Boots
25.Gustek’s Misfortune
26.Two Brothers
27.Miracle at the Mill
28.Lark and the Wolf
29.Spellbound Pike
30.Ostruda Stone
31.The Dwarf and the Bear
32.Nobleman and Michal
33.Punished for Guile
34.Misfortune
35.Ram Brother and Duck Sister
36.Shepherd
37.Golden Fish
38.Gold Trot
39.Healing Water
40.Prince and His Helpers
41.About a Cockerel
42.Fisherman’s Son and the Water Man’s Daughter
43.Boy and His Dog and Cat, and the Lion Cub
44.One Who Went to Ask the Sun
45.Magic Gun, Fiddle, and Boots
46.Glass Hill
47.Fear
48.Titelitury
49.Tailor’s Wife and the Countess
50.How the Slug Defeated the Fox.

This book contains only basic Latin symbols.
Though the traditional approach to translating Polish fairy tales into English is to preserve the Polish symbols in characters' names, this version of the book is written in basic Latin only to make sure the tales can be read on ALL reading devices.
The book has an active table of contents to access each chapter.

Genres: Fantasy, Collections

228 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 2, 2015

Reviews

[Liz Keller · Rating 2 out of 5]

These were nice little stories but the quality of the translation was so poor that it was at times difficult to understand. I'm not sure how a child could be expected to read it.

[mary-catherin Anderson · Rating 2 out of 5]

A comprehensive collection

I love fairy tales. I eat them for breakfast. While I appreciate this collection, the writing is painful to wade through at times. A thorough line and copy edit would serve this volume well. As a $12 e-book, it’s grossly overpriced for the quality.

[Olga · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is absolutely wonderful. The latest edition is truly impressive and clearly the result of careful and professional editing — I did not notice a single typo or error.
The collection itself is rich, engaging, and beautifully presented. This edition includes more than 60 stunning illustrations created by very talented artists, which make the stories come alive and turn the book into a real treasure for both children and adults.
It is a timeless collection of Polish fairy tales that preserves cultural heritage while remaining accessible and enjoyable for modern readers. Unfortunately, like many long-standing and successful books, it sometimes receives unfair or superficial criticism online. In my experience, this criticism does not reflect the actual quality of the book.
I highly recommend this edition to anyone interested in folklore, fairy tales, or beautifully illustrated story collections.

[Włodzimierz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing collection of Polish folk fairy tales:
1)Every tale is engaging and captivating, carrying the wisdom and experience of past generations.
2)Each story is accompanied by a unique illustration that immediately catches a child’s eye. Every illustration draws the reader into the tale (my son even colored some of these illustrations himself).
3)The English translation is excellent and accurately conveys the rhythm and storytelling flow of a traditional Polish folk narrator.
4)These are unique fairy tales that can be found only in this book and nowhere else.

[Nataliia Olsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnificent book with stunning illustrations.
Unfortunately, its rating is being artificially lowered by unfair and biased reviews — reviews written by competitors and by those unfriendly to Polish culture. Overall, the book is perfect, and these fairy tales cannot be found anywhere except within its pages.
The English translation is flawlessly marvelous, preserving both the Polish spirit and the uniquely Polish way of expressing thoughts.