The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales

by Louise Seymour Houghton

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Genres: Fantasy

380 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1906

About the author

1838-1920

Reviews

[Jude · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales by Louise Seymour Houghton (1906) The was a rescue book at our local transfer station and a prize find! I was glad to learn that a reprint had been made in 2007, but it would be hard to duplicate the feel of reading the original version with its much read and damaged pages. Unlike other collections of tales, this one is presented in context, with a young boy going to his two grandmothers, yearning for yet another story. In addition, we learn of his life at the time in the family with the chores and celebrations and the family's life in the village. The two grandmothers in different areas of the South Slavic lands have tales that are intriguingly different. While both deal with magic and the virtues of cleverness and kindness, one has tales of animals and the other tales of the Vilas, or spirits. I felt drawn, with the boy, to the comfort of the grandmothers' Laos and to a land where goodness would win out.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

No illustrations. This contains stories woven together as tales told to a little boy during his daily life, which is an effective device that ties together this collection of stories with varying characters, lands, and times. True to the Russian tale, these often end abruptly and contain mythical beasts and powerful people. Thoroughly enjoyable collection of old stories from southern Russia with an informative preface.