Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome, Fiction, Animals - Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical - Softcover

Ransome, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603123210 ISBN 13: 9781603123211

Publisher: Aegypan, 2007

Synopsis

Ransome says in a note at the beginning that the stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tell their children and each other. It was written for English children who play in deep lanes with wild roses above them in the high hedges, or by the small singing becks that dance down the grey fells at home.

The tales include "Baba Yaga," the story of the famous witch who lived in a house that walked on chicken feet.

Ransome says in his autobiography that the English listeners know nothing of the world that in Russia listeners and storytellers take for granted. So rather than direct translation he read all the variants of the story and rewrote them with Old Peter, Vanya and Maroosia rather than the Ogre, the Elf and the Imp.

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Michell Ransome (1884 - 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; fishing and camping are other common subjects. The books remain popular and "Swallows and Amazons" is the basis for a tourist industry around Windermere and Coniston Water, the two lakes Ransome adapted as his fictional North Country lake. He also wrote about the literary life of London and about Russia before, during and after the revolutions of 1917.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1603123210
• ISBN 13: 9781603123211
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180