Old Peter's Russian Tales

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Children's Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Authors: Arthur Ransome In Year : 1916

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Old Peter's Russian Tales

Introduction and The Hut in the Forest
The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple
Sadko
Frost
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Baba Yaga
The Cat Who Became Head-Forester
Spring in the Forest
The Little Daughter of the Snow
Prince Ivan, The Witch Baby and The Little Sister of the Sun
The Stolen Turnips, The Magic Tablecloth, The Sneezing Coat and The Wooden Whistle
Little Master Misery
A Chapter of Fish
The Golden Fish
Who Lived in the Skull
Alenoushka and her Brother
The Fire-Bird, The Horse of Power and The Princess Vasilissa
The Hunter and his Wife
The Three Men of Power - Evening, Midnight and Sunrise
Salt
The Christening in the Village

Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public domain. These stories are all from Russian folklore, some comparatively well-known, others less so. Ransome spent some years in Russia as a newspaper correspondent for the Daily News and the Manchester Guardian and was peripherally involved in the revolution. In the late twenties he married Evgenia Shvelpina, Trotsky's secretary, retired from newspapers and started writing his children’s books. (Summary by AJM)