# Old Peter's Russian Tales

An audiobook by Arthur Ransome, read by LibriVox volunteers (7 h 42 min, English).

Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public domain. These stories are all from Russian folklore, some comparatively well-known, others less so. Ransome spent some years in Russia as a newspaper correspondent for the Daily News and the Manchester Guardian and was peripherally involved in the revolution. In the late twenties he married Evgenia Shvelpina, Trotsky's secretary, retired from newspapers and started writing his children’s books. (Summary by AJM)

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## Chapters

0. Introduction and The Hut in the Forest (10:05): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_00_ransome_64kb.mp3
1. The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple (32:13): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_01_ransome_64kb.mp3
2. Sadko (21:18): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_02_ransome_64kb.mp3
3. Frost (20:12): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_03_ransome_64kb.mp3
4. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (27:59): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_04_ransome_64kb.mp3
5. Baba Yaga (29:02): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_05_ransome_64kb.mp3
6. The Cat Who Became Head-Forester (25:48): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_06_ransome_64kb.mp3
7. Spring in the Forest (3:23): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_07_ransome_64kb.mp3
8. The Little Daughter of the Snow (22:35): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_08_ransome_64kb.mp3
9. Prince Ivan, The Witch Baby and The Little Sister of the Sun (24:48): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_09_ransome_64kb.mp3
10. The Stolen Turnips, The Magic Tablecloth, The Sneezing Coat and The Wooden Whistle (34:49): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_10_ransome_64kb.mp3
11. Little Master Misery (26:24): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_11_ransome_64kb.mp3
12. A Chapter of Fish (9:29): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_12_ransome_64kb.mp3
13. The Golden Fish (24:13): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_13_ransome_64kb.mp3
14. Who Lived in the Skull (3:18): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_14_ransome_64kb.mp3
15. Alenoushka and her Brother (17:08): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_15_ransome_64kb.mp3
16. The Fire-Bird, The Horse of Power and The Princess Vasilissa (27:33): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_16_ransome_64kb.mp3
17. The Hunter and his Wife (12:05): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_17_ransome_64kb.mp3
18. The Three Men of Power - Evening, Midnight and Sunrise (30:57): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_18_ransome_64kb.mp3
19. Salt (32:56): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_19_ransome_64kb.mp3
20. The Christening in the Village (25:41): https://archive.org/download/old_peters_russian_tales_0812_librivox/old_peters_russian_tales_20_ransome_64kb.mp3