Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
by Aleksandr Afanasev
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Nearly 200 characteristic and colorful traditional folk and fairy tales are brought together in the only comprehensive edition available in English. Of the original 1945 edition, Eudora Welty wrote, "These Russian tales are rambunctious, full-blooded and temperamental. They are tense with action, magical and human, and move in a kind of cyclone of speed....These tales are gorgeous."
Book Club Questions for Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library):
- Did Aleksandr Afanasev emphasize any specific themes throughout Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)? What do you think Aleksandr Afanasev is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) reveal Aleksandr Afanasev's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Aleksandr Afanasev is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Aleksandr Afanasev's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library):
- Did Aleksandr Afanasev make persuasive arguments in Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)? Did Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)?
- How does Aleksandr Afanasev present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Aleksandr Afanasev biased within Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) make you want to read next? Why?
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