{"product_id":"russian-folk-tales-leonard-a-magnus-9781410212108","title":"Russian Folk-Tales","description":"The stories are not neatly rounded off into consequential and purposive stories. The incidents follow almost haphazard; and at the end, the persons mentioned at the beginning may be forgotten; the stories are often almost as casual as real life. The stories relate experiences in succession, attempt no judgment, do not even affirm their own credibility. Things simply happen; our exertions may sometimes be good; we can only be quietly resigned. But, unlike the Arabian Nights, there is no positive fatalism; for that would imply a judgment; a warping of facts to suit a theory. These stories have been translated direct from the Russian of Afanasev; the selection is intended to represent, as completely as possible, the varieties of Russian folk-tale. As far as an analytic language, like modern English, can render so highly inflected a tongue as Russian, the translator has tried to keep strictly to the style and diction of the originals, which are the undoctored traditional stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard a. Magnus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1410212106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781410212108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.04w x 0.93d","brand":"Leonard a. Magnus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986075877631,"sku":"9781410212108","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83c5c804-f4fb-4325-b38d-e444110d2b85.jpg?v=1683281211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/russian-folk-tales-leonard-a-magnus-9781410212108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}