Russian folk tales. In 2 t. Afanasyev A.N.

A brilliant historian, jurist, ethnographer, folklorist and journalist Alexander Nikolaevich Afanasyev (1826-1871) devoted his life to the careful study of oral folk art. His name stands on a par with the names of outstanding Russian scientists of the 19th century. Afanasyev collected and processed many fairy tales, legends and epics. The two -volume presents the most famous tales from the collection “Folk Russian Tales” compiled by A. N. Afanasyev, who showed the Russian fairy tale in all wealth and diversity, in its true beauty.