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Russian Fairy Tales
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 3,777 Ratings and 133 Reviews

Book Description
Nearly 200 characteristic and colorful traditional folk and fairy tales are brought together in the only comprehensive edition available in English. Of the original 1945 edition, Eudora Welty wrote, "These Russian tales are rambunctious, full-blooded and temperamental. They are tense with action, magical and human, and move in a kind of cyclone of speed....These tales are gorgeous."
Book Information
PublisherPantheon Books
BindingHardcover (20 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100613983289
ISBN-13978-0613983280
Publication Date09/1976
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About ALEKSANDR AFANAS'EV (Author) : ALEKSANDR AFANAS'EV is a published author of children's books. Published credits of ALEKSANDR AFANAS'EV include Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library).
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About Alexander Nikolayevi Afanasyev (Author) : Alexander Nikolayevi Afanasyev is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Published credits of Alexander Nikolayevi Afanasyev include Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folk... more
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