Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov

by Robert Chandler, Andrei Platonov, A.V. Bardin, et al.

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'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'

In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral tales, collected by folklorists...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0141442239

ISBN13:9780141442235

Release Date:June 2013

Publisher:Penguin Group

Length:448 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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