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Book Title: Complete Folktales of A. N. Afanas'ev, Volume I
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 1.5in
Item Width: 6.4in
Author: Jack V. Haney
Original Language: Russian
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Russian & Former Soviet Union
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Literary Collections, Social Science, Fiction
Item Weight: 33.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 560 Pages
