The Russian Storybook: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Russian Storybook, credited to Richard Wilson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Russian Storybook by Richard Wilson. Read in English by Lynne Thompson; Ann Boulais; Joseph Tenis; Kyle Van DeGlast; Gnomesb; Mark Chulsky Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance or reformation. He found the nature of the stories quite different from those of more western cultures. His hope was to teach English children about their Russian counterparts in a way they would understand, so he retold the stories rather than sought translations. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Russian Storybook
• Author credits: Richard Wilson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 6:23:14

Catalogue topics

• children
• Christianity
• short stories
• Russia

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 3:58
2. 01 - Ilya and Cloudfall — 9:42
3. 02 - Ilya Meets with Svyatogor and Parts with Him — 16:38
4. 03 - Ilya and Nightingale the Robber — 24:37
5. 04 - Ilya and Falcon the Hunter — 29:32
6. 05 - The Adventure of the Burning White Stone — 10:52
7. 06 - How Quiet Dunai Had Brought the Princess Apraxia to Kiev — 21:59
8. 07 - The Story of Nikitich and Marina — 22:43
9. 08 - How the Court of Vladimir Received a Visitor Part 1 — 29:18
10. 09 - How the Court of Vladimir Received a Visitor Part 2 — 22:42
11. 10 - The Story of Kasyan and the Dream Maiden — 22:08
12. 11 - How Stavr the Noble Was Saved by a Woman's Wiles — 12:54
13. 12 - The Golden Horde — 21:45
14. 13 - Whirlwind the Whistler or the King of Copper, Silver and Gold Part 1 — 21:41
15. 14 - Whirlwind the Whistler or the King of Copper, Silver and Gold Part 2 — 22:42
16. 15 - Vasily the Turbulent Part 1 — 21:29
17. 16 - Vasily the Turbulent Part 2 — 24:28
18. 17 - Nikita the Footless and the Terrible Tsar — 23:18
19. 18 - Peerless Beauty the Cake Baker — 20:48

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