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theowlinside's review
3.0
I liked this. Russian tales have a different feel compared to French or German stories and I am happy to have this book in my collection. I wasn't as charmed as I thought I would be, until I got to the "undead" section, or anything with the Baba Yaga. Loved those stories!
Besides personal preference I think my biggest problem has to be with the format. The introduction, while full of interesting information, needed to be cleaned up in terms of citation with a different style. There were also stories where it seemed characters were switched or I couldn't tell who was speaking.
Besides personal preference I think my biggest problem has to be with the format. The introduction, while full of interesting information, needed to be cleaned up in terms of citation with a different style. There were also stories where it seemed characters were switched or I couldn't tell who was speaking.
tarabyt3's review
4.0
This seems to be a pretty good mix of fairy tales and there was obviously a lot of thought that went into the research and translation. There's a great glossary in the back. It was written as a textbook for his class, though, and I kind of wish that he'd also published the syllabus with it too, because reading them through felt a little hollow with no purpose in mind other than to familiarize myself.
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