Classic Tales and Fables for Children (Prometheus's Literary Classics Series) - Image 1

£11.38

Prometheus Books Classic Tales and Fables for Children (Prometheus's Literary Classics Series)

Name: Classic Tales and Fables for Children (Prometheus's Literary Classics Series)
Brand: Prometheus Books
Price: 11.38 GBP
Availability: InStock

Short Story Collections

Price History & Forecast

Last 8 days • 8 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 8 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £11 (8 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £11 - £11

Price levels: 1 different prices over 8 days

Description

Renowned Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy had an abiding interest in children and in children's literature. At the age of twenty-one, he started a school for peasant children on his family's estate, and after returning from a stint in the military, he founded another, experimental school with the motto, "Come when you like, leave when you like." Fascinated by the simple charm and the fresh innocence with which the children of his schools told stories, several years later, when Tolstoy began writing about his own childhood, he emulated the uncomplicated narrative style and disarming directness of the tales told by the children of his acquaintance. After completing War and Peace, he incorporated these stories in a series of easy readers, and continued to work on them even while writing Anna Karenina. Known as The ABC Book (Azbuka) and subsequently The New ABC Book (Novy Azbuka), these marvelous readers were widely adopted in Russia and were still in use in the Soviet era. The tales and fables in this volume come mainly from these two well-loved primers. Part I consists of stories about his own childhood, all told with beautiful simplicity. Part II contains Tolstoy's free adaptations of fables from Aesop and from Hindu tradition. Part III is devoted solely to his longest and most famous children's work, the fairy tale "Ivan the Fool and His Two Brothers." Never patronizing and often humorous, these small gems reveal Tolstoy's deep appreciation for and understanding of children's artistic and moral sensibilities.

Key Features

Classic Tales and Fables for Children (Literary Classics)

Product_Type: ABIS_BOOK

Brand: Prometheus

Product Specifications

Brand: Prometheus Books
Format: paperback
ASIN: 1573929395
Category: Books > Subjects > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Short Story Collections
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 November 2001
Listed Since: 18 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Prometheus Books Classic Tales and Fables for Children (Prometheus's Literary Classics Series)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Classics of Children's Literature

The Children's Classics Collection: 16 of the Best Children's Stories Ever Written (Arcturus Retold Classics)

The Complete Folktales of A.N. AfanasÔÇÖev Volume I

Aesop's Fables Hardcover: The Classic Edition by acclaimed illustrator, Charles Santore (Charles Santore Children's Classics)

Classical Reception and Children's Literature: Greece, Rome and Childhood Transformation (Library of Classical Studies)

Illustrated Stories from Aesop: A Beautifully Illustrated Collection of Timeless Fables for Children (Usborne Illustrated Story Collections)

On Life: A Critical Edition

By Fables Alone: Literature and State Ideology in Late-Eighteenth – Early-Nineteenth-Century Russia (Ars Rossica)

A Christmas Carol: Puffin Clothbound Classics

Aesops Illustrated Fables (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection) (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

Frankenstein: Puffin Clothbound Classics

Shakespeare's Stories for Young Readers 20 Books Set: Macbeth, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, As You Like It, All's Well That Ends Well, King Lear

100 Favourite Nursery Rhymes

La Fontaine : Oeuvres complètes, tome I

English Fairy Tales and More English Fairy Tales (Classic Folk and Fairy Tales)

The Voyage of Kings: The Ring (First Light) Book I Volume I

Collins Big Cat Tales Set (Collins Big Cat Sets)

The Creepy Classics Children's Collection 10 Books Box Set (Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Phantom of the Opera, Ghost Pirates, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Invisible Man ….& more)

Russian Tales of Clever Fools

Souvenirs et recits

The Literary Heritage of Childhood: An Appraisal of Children's Classics in the Western Tradition: 20 (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)

The Complete Folktales of A.N. Afanas'ev, Volume III: 3

Children's Top 100: 3 CD set of children's favourite nursery songs & rhymes

"The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine (World Folklore)