{"product_id":"czechoslovak-fairy-tales-gb-32217","title":"Czechoslovak Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCzechoslovak Fairy Tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis rendering of some of the old Czechoslovak tales\r\nis not offered as a literal translation or a scholarly\r\ntranslation. I have retold the stories in a way that I\r\nhope will please American children. I have tried\r\nhard to keep the flavor of the originals but have taken\r\nthe liberty of a short cut here and an elaboration there\r\nwherever these have seemed to me to make the English\r\nversion clearer and more interesting.\nI have gone to Czech, Slovakian, and Moravian\r\nsources. All these stories appear in many versions\r\nin the different folklore collections made by such native\r\nwriters as Erben, Nemcova, Dobsinsky, Rimavsky,\r\nBenes-Trebizsky, Kulda. They represent the folk-tale\r\nin all stages of its development from the bald narrative\r\nof The Bird with the Golden Gizzard which Kulda reports\r\nwith phonographic exactness, to Nemcovas more\r\nelaborate tale, Prince Bayaya, which is really a mosaic\r\nof two or three simpler stories. I have included\r\nKatcha and the Devil for the sake of its keen humor,\r\nwhich is particularly Czech in character; The Betrothal\r\nGifts to show how a story common to other countries\r\nis made most charmingly local by giving it a local\r\n[Pg viii]\r\nbackground; The Three Golden Hairs to contrast it\r\nwith a famous German variant which it seems to me\r\nis much inferior to the Slavic version; and several fine\r\nstories of the prince gone off on adventures which\r\nin common with the folk-tales of all Europe show a\r\nstrong Oriental influence.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 32217 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Fillmore, Parker \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: May 2, 2010 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIllustrator\u003c\/b\u003e: Matulka, Jan, 1890-1972 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Fillmore, Parker,1878-1944 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43219777061021,"sku":"gb-32217-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/32217.jpg?v=1671533118","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/czechoslovak-fairy-tales-gb-32217","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}