The list of tales of Pushkin, the famous poet of the nineteenth century, is small. It includes only seven works, but what they are ... We know them from childhood, they are loved by us. Many of them are filmed. The most venerable Russian artists considered it their duty to reflect their vision of these fairy tales on paper, in our imagination famous illustrations pop up from childhood. In their
musical works reflected stories and musicians, creating masterpieces.
The list of Pushkin's fairy tales includes such works as, for example, The Bridegroom. The undoubted decoration of the list is “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of his glorious and powerful hero Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the beautiful Princess Swans.” It is unlikely that someone did not read "The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda", it has been familiar to us since childhood. We read the Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish, and we know some cuttings from The Tales of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights and The Tales of the Golden Cockerel by heart.
The list of Pushkin's tales includes yet another work called The Tale of the Bear, but unlike the others, the tale is unfinished. First published by historian P.V. Annenkov, after that several times edited and reprinted by other historical figures.
The bulk of the works in the fairy style was created by the author in the period from 1830 to 1834. It is these years that account for the most charming time of the poet's life: his love, marriage, birth of children. Only "Groom" was written in 1825, and published in 1827.
Pushkin's tales, the list of which we have cited above, are recognized by many critics as old, well-known folk works rewritten in a new way. It is believed that the writer introduced something original Russian into the stories. Moreover, several new details distinguished the work from the original significantly.
The list of Pushkin's tales is the basis for the publication of a huge number of collections and collections. The reason is simple - demand. Despite the fact that the works were written long ago, love for them has not passed to this day, and not the first generation of people has been raising their children on the tales of Alexander Sergeyevich.
Pushkin's Golden Tales, edited by Alexandra Evstratova, is one of the most popular publications at the moment. By the way, it is illustrated by Reipolsky Alexei Dmitrievich. The publication includes not only fairy tales, but also the famous excerpt from the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila", also ancient expressions and words are included in the content.
It is impossible not to say just a few words about the wonderful gift of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin to convey simple things in a poetic speech. Elementary thought through his phrases penetrates directly into the heart, preventing anyone from being indifferent. His rhymes are liked not only by adults, but also by children. Moreover, they are beautiful both for those and for others, equalizing, erasing frames and facets, learning and education, lowering to the level of a banal perception of inner feelings, no more. That gives everyone the opportunity to just sit and listen to fairy tales, in beautiful Russian, transmitting eternal values of good, evil and beauty.