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Russian Folk Tales (Oxford Myths & Legends) by retold by James Riordan is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Russian Folk Tales (Oxford Myths & Legends) about?

Written by award-winning children's author James Riordan, this book is a beguiling collection of stories set among the wide rivers and snow-covered forests and steppes of Russia--a land still shrouded in mystery in the eyes of the Western reader. The incomparable beauty of untamed nature and the Slavic gift for storytelling make for a captivating combination. Meet boyars and cossacks, kings and queens, merchants and minstrels, robbers and angels, witches and peasants. Ships fly through the air, princesses turn into frogs, a snowmaiden longs for a human heart, the mighty Firebird steals the golden apples. Folk tales, heroic sagas, legends and myths from villages and towns all across Russia--they are all here in this fascinating anthology. Evocative full-color illustrations accompany each story.

Who reads Russian Folk Tales (Oxford Myths & Legends)?

Author

retold by James Riordan

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192745361

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Folklore, Anthropology, Children'S

Rating

3.62 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13