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Stories of Russian Folk-Life (Forgotten Books)
Stories of Russian FolkLife - Forgotten Books Author:Donald A. Mackenzie This is a bit of a departure for Mackenzie. Later publishers renamed this book 'Folk Tales from Russia,' to make it appear to be a Russian volume in Mackenzie's Mythology series, which is misleading. Instead this is a short book of fiction about pre-revolutionary Russia. It does include some pieces of genuine Russian folklore (particularly 'The ... more »Lady of Moscow' and 'How Little Ivan became Tsar'), but most of the stories are simply sentimental vignettes of Russian life.
In 1916 the Russian revolution was imminent. Soon Lenin and Trotsky would be on their way to Petrograd, and the storming of the Winter Palace was just a year away. Possibly Mackenzie (or his publisher) rushed this book into print for this very reason. However, the lost world depicted in this book was about to come crashing down. (Quote from sacred-texts.com)
About the Author
William Shedden Ralston (1828 - 1889)
William Shedden Ralston (1828-1889) was a noted Russian scholar and translator. Ralston was born in London, and studied at Cambridge. In 1862 he was called to the bar, but he never practised. He worked as an assistant in the British Museum library till 1875. He visited Russia; his works embrace "Songs of the Russian People", "Russian Folk-Tales", etc. (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from wikipedia.org))))))
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.