Russian Fairy Tales

Description

"This night the queen has given birth To something quite unknown on earth, Not like a mouse, and not a frog - Who could imagine . . . What a shock!' Alexander Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet, was fascinated by Russia's folk history, adapting its fairy tales into captivating poetic versions. In the early twentieth century, the book illustrator Ivan Bilibin likewise fell under the spell of Old Russia, drawing on both folk motifs and art nouveau to produce beautiful illustrations to accompany Pushkin's poems. This irresistible new edition presents three of Pushkin's fairy tales ('The Tale of Tsar Saltan', 'The Fisherman and the Fish' and 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel') in new versions by the acclaimed translator Antony Wood, alongside Bilibin's sumptuous original illustrations. The result is an enchanting window into Russian poetry, fairy tales and magic."

Author description

Alexander Pushkin (Author) Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet, was born in Moscow in 1799. He was exiled for his liberal views on serfdom and autocracy, but this allowed him the freedom to write some of his greatest works, including the novel in verse Eugene Onegin. He died in 1837 after being fatally wounded in a duel. Antony Wood (Translator) Antony Wood is an editor and translator from Russian and German, and also runs the publishing house Angel Books.

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"This night the queen has given birth To something quite unknown on earth, Not like a mouse, and not a frog - Who could imagine . . . What a shock!' Alexander Pushkin, Russia's greatest poet, was fascinated by Russia's folk history, adapting its fairy tales into captivating poetic versions. In the early twentieth century, the book illustrator Ivan Bilibin likewise fell under the spell of Old Russia, drawing on both folk motifs and art nouveau to produce beautiful illustrations to accompany Pushkin's poems. This irresistible new edition presents three of Pushkin's fairy tales ('The Tale of Tsar Saltan', 'The Fisherman and the Fish' and 'The Tale of the Golden Cockerel') in new versions by the acclaimed translator Antony Wood, alongside Bilibin's sumptuous original illustrations. The result is an enchanting window into Russian poetry, fairy tales and magic."