{"product_id":"old-peters-russian-tales-dmitri-mitrokhin-9781542958141","title":"Old Peter's Russian Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamous British author Arthur Ransome's unique and wonderful collection of fairy tales from the steppes and forests of Russia, first published in 1916, remains the authoritative English-language introduction to this nearly-lost world of traditional folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter moving to St. Petersburg, Russia, in May 1913, Ransome learned Russian and discovered the world of Russian folk-tales-none of which were known in the West, mainly because of a failure to translate them outside of their homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRansome-already well-known in his native England-started collecting these tales, from both written and oral sources-and Old Peter's Russian Tales was the result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWonderfully illustrated by famous Russian artist Dmitri Mitrokhin, the twenty-one stories in this volume provide a fascinating glimpse of rural Russia of the previous centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Russia hardly anybody is too old for fairy stories, and I have even heard soldiers on their way to the war talking of very wise and very beautiful princesses as they drank their tea by the side of the road. I think there must be more fairy stories told in Russia than anywhere else in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Russian fairyland is quite different. Under my windows the wavelets of the Volkhov (which has its part in one of the stories) are beating quietly in the dusk. A gold light burns on a timber raft floating down the river. Beyond the river in the blue midsummer twilight are the broad Russian plain and the distant forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Somewhere in that forest of great trees-a forest so big that the forests of England are little woods beside it-is the hut where old Peter sits at night and tells these stories to his grandchildren.\"-from the author's introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition has been completely reset and contains the original illustrations and text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003eThe Hut in the Forest\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple\u003cbr\u003eSadko\u003cbr\u003eFrost\u003cbr\u003eThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship\u003cbr\u003eBaba Yaga\u003cbr\u003eThe Cat Who became Head-Forester\u003cbr\u003eSpring in the Forest\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Daughter of the Snow\u003cbr\u003ePrince Ivan, the Witch Baby, and the Little Sister of the Sun\u003cbr\u003eThe Stolen Turnips\u003cbr\u003eLittle Master Misery\u003cbr\u003eA Chapter of Fish\u003cbr\u003eThe Golden Fish\u003cbr\u003eWho Lived in the Skull?\u003cbr\u003eAlenoushka and Her Brother\u003cbr\u003eThe Fire-Bird\u003cbr\u003eThe Hunter and His Wife\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Men of Power\u003cbr\u003eSalt\u003cbr\u003eThe Christening in the Village\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dmitri Mitrokhin, Arthur Ransome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1542958148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542958141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Dmitri Mitrokhin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994269942015,"sku":"9781542958141","price":13.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_140065e5-c9e9-44a8-9568-5ff59a87b769.jpg?v=1683329142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/old-peters-russian-tales-dmitri-mitrokhin-9781542958141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}