Old Peter's Russian Tales Author:Arthur Ransome, Dmitri Mitrokhin (Illustrator) Famous British author Arthur Ransome's unique and wonderful collection of fairy tales from the steppes and forests of Russia, first published in 1916, remains the authoritative English-language introduction to this nearly-lost world of traditional folklore. — After moving to St. Petersburg, Russia, in May 1913, Ransome learned Russian and dis... more »covered the world of Russian folk-tales--none of which were known in the West, mainly because of a failure to translate them outside of their homeland.
Ransome--already well-known in his native England--started collecting these tales, from both written and oral sources--and Old Peter's Russian Tales was the result.
Wonderfully illustrated by famous Russian artist Dmitri Mitrokhin, the twenty-one stories in this volume provide a fascinating glimpse of rural Russia of the previous centuries.« less