Folk Russian tales. Afanasyev A.N.

You are the best Russian fairy tales about animals and fairy tales from the famous meeting A.N. Afanasyev, recorded in the original, pristine form, from the mouth of the folk storytellers. In many ways, these tales are different from those to which we are used to since childhood. In them you will find not only the unique features of the language, the spirit and life of old Rus', but also the new characters, and even the unfamiliar denouements of famous plots.

Afanasyev’s fairy tales have been reprinted more than once, but only in our book the unique unique are collected for the first time Illustrations of several classical publications at once, including not only the works of such great artists as I. Bilibin, V. Vasnetsov, B. Zvorykin, but also the rare works of E. Lissner, S. Solomko, A. Neruchev and other old masters of the Russian Book School.