{"product_id":"the-russian-garland-j-r-de-rosciszewski-9781542834278","title":"The Russian Garland: Being Russian Folk Tales: Translated from a Collection of Chapbooks Made in Moscow","description":"\u003cp\u003eA selection of some of the very best traditional Russian Folk Tales, translated from the original peasant chapbooks dating from 1830s Moscow by famed medievalist Robert Steele.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe broad range of the fairy tales-some similar to, but others vastly different from, their Western European equivalents-is superbly captured in this collection, which includes such tempting titles as \"The Mild Man and His Cantankerous Wife,\" and the \"Story of the Most Wonderful and Noble Self-Playing Harp.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Steele notes in his introduction, some of the tales are obviously of German origin-adopted and made Russian, like that of the \"Seven Simeons\" or \"Emelyan, the Fool,\" while others are as evidently Eastern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few date from the Russian Epics, like that of \"Iliya of Murom\" and \"Ivan the Peasant's Son;\" others are of later date, like that of \"The Judgment of Shemyaka,\" who was a historic character who lived about 1446.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis delightful collection also offers a fascinating-and refreshing-look into classical Russian culture and folklore, as the editor pointed out: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is hardly necessary to dilate on the peculiar expressions here to be found; how that a child grows \"not day by day, but hour by hour,\" how that when the Tsar wants to drink, \"beer is not brewed nor brandy distilled,\" seeing he is served at once, how the hero passes through \"thrice nine lands to the thirtieth country,\" how brothers are always in threes, and how the youngest always succeeds where his elders fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents of folklore will know all about them, and the rest of us must take them on trust. Do you know why you must never go under a ladder?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eStory of Lyubim Tsarevich and the Winged Wolf\u003cbr\u003eStory of the Most Wonderful and Noble Self-Playing Harp\u003cbr\u003eThe Seven Brothers Simeon\u003cbr\u003eStory of Ivan, the Peasant's Son\u003cbr\u003eStory of the Golden Mountain\u003cbr\u003eIliya of Murom and the Robber Nightingale\u003cbr\u003eThe Renowned Hero, Bova Korolevich, and the Princess Drushnevna\u003cbr\u003eThe Mild Man and His Cantankerous Wife\u003cbr\u003eStory of the Duck with Golden Eggs\u003cbr\u003eStory of Bulat the Brave Companion\u003cbr\u003eStory of Prince Malandrach and the Princess Salikalla\u003cbr\u003eStory of a Shoemaker and His Servant Prituitshkin\u003cbr\u003eEmelyan, the Fool\u003cbr\u003eThe Judgment of Shemyaka\u003cbr\u003eStory of Prince Peter with the Golden Keys, and the Princess Magilene\u003cbr\u003eSila Tsarevich and Ivashka with the White Smock\u003cbr\u003eStory of the Knight Yaroslav Lasarevich and the Princess Anastasia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. R. de Rosciszewski, Robert Steele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1542834279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542834278\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 01\/29\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"J. R. de Rosciszewski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44067391078655,"sku":"9781542834278","price":13.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_696c7b23-2104-45a1-afd6-9f01543bcbfe.jpg?v=1685412949","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-russian-garland-j-r-de-rosciszewski-9781542834278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}