Russian Fairy Tales

Rambunctious, full-blooded, and temperamental, these stories are tense with action, magical, and human. They are gorgeous. --Eudora Welty The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring [that] flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it . . . These stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian. --Time A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities. --Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost [and] bound them into one volume before they disappeared . . . It is filled with action, magic, and humanity. --St. Louis Globe-Democrat -Rambunctious, full-blooded, and temperamental, these stories are tense with action, magical, and human. They are gorgeous.---Eudora Welty -The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring [that] flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it . . . These stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian.---Time -A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities.---Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review -Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost [and] bound them into one volume before they disappeared . . . It is filled with action, magic, and humanity.---St. Louis Globe-Democrat Rambunctious, full-blooded, and temperamental, these stories are tense with action, magical, and human. They are gorgeous. Eudora Welty The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring [that] flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it . . . These stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian. Time A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities. Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost [and] bound them into one volume before they disappeared . . . It is filled with action, magic, and humanity. St. Louis Globe-Democrat Rambunctious, full-blooded, and temperamental, these stories are tense with action, magical, and human. They are gorgeous. --Eudora Welty The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring [that] flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it . . . These stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian. -- Time A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities. --Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost [and] bound them into one volume before they disappeared . . . It is filled with action, magic, and humanity. -- St. Louis Globe-Democrat A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities. -- Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost, bound them into one volume before they disappeared...it is filled with action, magic, and humanity.... -- St. Louis Globe-Democrat The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring. As in the fairy tale, it flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it... these stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian.