The Greatest Russian Fairy Tales & Fables (With Original Illustrations): 125+ Stories Including Picture Tales for Children, Old Peter's Russian Tales & Muscovite Folk Tales

by Valery Carrick

This beautifully illustrated collection of the greatest russian fairytales & fables has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
The Russians very well know how to weave intriguing stories that keep readers hooked till the end. This ebook represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated collection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages:
Picture Fables for the Little Ones:
The Cock and the Bean
The Goat and the Ram
The Hungry Wolf
The Peasant and the Bear
The Dog and the Cock
King Frost
The Bear's Paw
The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters
The Straw Ox
The Fox and the Blackbird
Fairy Tales:
Snegorotchka
Fire Bird
Winged Wolf
Self-Playing Harp
Seven Brothers
Ivan
Story of the Golden Mountain
Robber Nightingale
Renowned Hero
Mild Man
Duck with Golden Eggs
Bulat the Brave
Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock
Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia
The Golden Mountain
Morozko
Flying Ship
Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb
Tsarevich Ivan
Tale of Little Fool Ivan
Little Feather of Fenist
Peasant Demyan
Enchanted Ring
Brave Labourer
Sage Damsel
Prophetic Dream
Two Out of the Knapsack
Marko and Vasily
Muscovite Folk Tales:
The Fiend
The Dead Mother
The Dead Witch
The Treasure
The Cross-Surety
The Awful Drunkard
The Bad Wife
The Golovikha
The Three Copecks
The Miser
The Fool and the Birch-Tree
The Mizgir
The Smith and the Demon
Ivan Popyalof
The Norka
Marya Morevna
Koshchei the Deathless
The Water Snake
The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise
The Baba Yaga
Vasilissa the Fair
The Witch
The Witch and the Sun's Sister
Emilian the Fool
Witch Girl
Headless Princess
Soldier's Midnight Watch
Warlock
Fox-Physician
Fiddler in Hell
Ride on the Gravestone
Two Friends
Shroud
Coffin-Lid
Two Corpses
Dog and the Corpse
Soldier and the Vampire
Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas
Priest with the Greedy Eyes
Hasty Word.....

Genres: Classics, Folklore, Russia

1205 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

Valery Carrick (1869-1943) Illustrator, journalist, writer

Carrick is also known as a collector, reteller and illustrator of folk tales. These fairy tales were first published in 1909 and later translated and published in England, the United States, the Netherlands and Germany.

Reviews

[Alex Haven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Used for assignment 2

In this Russian variation of the Tortoise and the Hare, Elephant thinks he is the biggest animal in the forest and that Tortoise could never jump over him or run faster than him. So, when Tortoise accepts the challenge and recruits his family members to help him trick Elephant into thinking he was jumping and running faster than him, Elephant is very angry and defeated thinking Tortoise actually could jump over him and run faster than him.

This book would be nice to use to compare different countries similar stories to the well known United States version. This book differs in the way that Tortoise uses trickery to make Elephant think he beat him. It also emphasizes the importance of family.

[Apriel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m going to call this one read. I read about half of it and skimmed the rest. A lot of the stories were the same just with different names or a few details. Also the translations were very basic. If you’re really interested in Russian fairytales I would try to find a different book.