Sergiej Nowikow

Three Lamps and Other Polish Tales Sergiej Nowikow

Publisher Marketing: This book comprises the following 50 fairy tales: 1. SERMON 2. THREE LAMPS 3. ABOUT A SIMPLE MAN WHO COMFORTED HIS MASTER 4. PEOPLE GETTING RICH 5. DO WIVES LIKE THIS EXIST? 6. THE OWL AND THE HAWK 7. THE REASON WHY THE HARE EATS NO MEAT 8. THE DOG'S WINTER THOUGHTS AND SUMMER THOUGHTS 9. IS THERE JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD? 10. MAZEK'S DEBT 11. VERY WORST PUNISHMENT 12. MARIA: WHAT IS DESTINED TO COME SHALL COME 13. IT DOES NOT STAB, NOR DOES IT SHOOT, YET IT KNOCKS ONE SENSELESS 14. ABOUT A RICH GENTLEMAN 15. HOW A SMITH WORKED HIS WAY TO HEAVEN 16. ABOUT A PRINCE WHO DID NOT WANT TO DIE 17. ANUSZKA THE GOLDEN BRAID 18. A PRESENT FOR THE KINGS' GODSON 19. ABOUT THE KING'S SON 20. HOW A SIMPLE MAN'S SON BECAME THE KING AND MARRIED A SEA GIRL 21. HOW THE DOG GOT THE WOLF WEAR BOOTS 22. GUSTEK'S MISFORTUNE 23. THE TWO BROTHERS 24. MIRACLE AT THE MILL 25. LARK AND THE WOLF 26. THE TALE OF THE SPELLBOUND PIKE 27. OSTRUDA STONE 28. LAZY GIRL 29. THE DWARF AND THE BEAR 30. NOBLEMAN AND MICHAL 31. PUNISHED FOR GUILE 32. MISFORTUNE 33. THE RAM BROTHER AND THE DUCK SISTER 34. THE SHEPHERD 35. ABOUT TWO GIRLS, A KIND ONE AND A WICKED ONE 36. THE GIRL AND THE PRINCE IN THE COW'S SKIN 37. GOLDEN FISH 38. GOLD TROT 39. HEALING WATER 40. PRINCE AND HIS HELPERS 41. ABOUT THE COCKEREL 42. THE FISHERMAN'S SON AND THE WATER MAN'S DAUGHTER 43. BOY AND HIS DOG AND CAT, AND THE LION CUB 44. THE MAN WHO WENT TO ASK THE SUN 45. THE MAGIC GUN, THE FIDDLE, AND THE BOOTS 46. THE GLASS HILL 47. FEAR 48. TITELITURY 49. THE TAILOR'S WIFE AND THE COUNTESS 50. HOW THE SLUG DEFEATED THE FOX If you want to feel the humor of the wonderful nation and see the light of the people's kindness, you should read these tales. These tales are radiant with the Polish vitality, filial love for one's parents, and the energy of kindness. None of the fairy tales has been previously published in this English translation.