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Russian Folk-Tales: With Introduction and Notes
Excerpt from Russian Folk-Tales
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About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value.
The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.
368 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 1916
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May 17, 2014
A review on "The Enchanted Tsarévich" pp. 283-86.
"The Enchanted Tsarévich" is a Russian version of "Beauty and the Beast". In The Enchanted Tsarevich, the father is again a merchant with three daughters.
The beast in this tale however has three heads and lookes like a winged snake.
Most of these versions have similarities and differences. However, in all, the father hands over a youngt daughter to some sort of monster, after picking a flower for her in the monster’s garden/paying a debt. In all, the daughter marries the monster in the end. Upon agreeing to marry the monster, he is transformed into a prince in all three versions. This repetition may be the result of the concerns of the day in which the tale arose. At that time, fathers made the decision who they would “give” their daughter to in marriage. Young women frequently had not seen their husbands prior to the wedding and learned to love their husbands in time.
"The Enchanted Tsarévich" is a Russian version of "Beauty and the Beast". In The Enchanted Tsarevich, the father is again a merchant with three daughters.
The beast in this tale however has three heads and lookes like a winged snake.
Most of these versions have similarities and differences. However, in all, the father hands over a youngt daughter to some sort of monster, after picking a flower for her in the monster’s garden/paying a debt. In all, the daughter marries the monster in the end. Upon agreeing to marry the monster, he is transformed into a prince in all three versions. This repetition may be the result of the concerns of the day in which the tale arose. At that time, fathers made the decision who they would “give” their daughter to in marriage. Young women frequently had not seen their husbands prior to the wedding and learned to love their husbands in time.
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