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Черная курица, или Подземные жители By Antony Pogorelsky

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This Russian fairy tale, first published in 1829 and a favorite of Tolstoy s , is elegantly interpreted by Russian born Spirin, considered one of our best living illustrators.

Alyosha is a pupil at a boarding school in St Petersburg He saves a little black hen from the cook s knife and, in return, the hen takes him to an underground kingdom of little people, where he rec

This Russian fairy tale, first published in 1829 and a favorite of Tolstoy s , is elegantly interpreted by Russian born Spirin, considered one of our best living illustrators.

Alyosha is a pupil at a boarding school in St Petersburg He saves a little black hen from the cook s knife and, in return, the hen takes him to an underground kingdom of little people, where he receives a gift of magical powers from their king He becomes the brightest student at school, without having to study at all Soon no one likes him any and Alyosha, trying to ingratiate himself, confesses to his magical power Unfortunately, this breaks the spell and causes the little people from the magic kingdom to move away Having learned his lesson, he undertakes to study and learn in school on his own

Author Biography Antony Pogorelsky was a famous Russian Romantic writer, 1787 1836 This story was cited by Tolstoy as a childhood favorite ILLSUTRATORBIO Gennady Spirin was born outside Moscow and graduated from Moscow s Stroganov Academy of Fine Arts He came to the U.S.A in 1991 Since then he has illustrated many beautiful books Philipok, Jack and the Beanstalk, Gulliver s Adventures in Lilliput, and The Tale of the Firebird all for Philomel Books.

He has received many international awards, including four gold medals from the Society of Illustrators, four New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year Awards, the Premio Grafico at the Bologna Children s Book Fair, and the Golden Apple of the Bratislava Biennale of Children s Book Illustration.


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Russian Real name Antony Pogorelsky was a Russian prose writer His remarkable set of stories Dvoinik The Double, or My Evenings in Little Russia 1828 was closely related to the German fantastic tradition Serapion Brothers by Hoffman and anticipated the famous Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol and Russian Nights by Vladimir Odo Russian Real name Antony Pogorelsky was a Russian prose writer His remarkable set of stories Dvoinik The Double, or My Evenings in Little Russia 1828 was closely related to the German fantastic tradition Serapion Brothers by Hoffman and anticipated the famous Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol and Russian Nights by Vladimir Odoevsky In 1829 Pogorelsky published the book that brought him real fame it was the fairy tale Black Hen, or Living Underground written for his nephew, the first book about childhood in Russian literature His novel Monastyrka, a moral descriptive novel combining both sentimental and romantic elements was very well accepted by public and critics



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This Russian fairy tale, first published in 1829 and a favorite of Tolstoy s , is elegantly interpreted by Russian born Spirin, considered one of our
Черная курица, или Подземные жители
Antony Pogorelsky

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