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Old Peter’s Russian Tales

by Arthur Ransome (1884-1967)

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Best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books, Arthur Ransome presents here a selection of stories based on Russian folklore. The author served during WWI and the Russian Revolution as a correspondent for the Daily News and the Manchester Guardian, and later married Evgenia Shvelpina, Trotsky’s secretary. He later retired form journalism and began writing his popular children’s books. (Wikipedia)

Total running time: 7:41:56

The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple — Sadko Frost — The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Baba Yaga -- 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 Goat 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

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Evening, Midnight and Sunrise Salt — The Christening in the Village

Cover design by Kathryn Delaney, Illustration of Princess Vasilissa by Ivan Bilibin (1899)

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