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"Library of World Literature for Children" is a popular book series published by "Children's Literature". It is published in 50 volumes and 58 books. Produced from 1976 to 1987. This edition includes a golden list of the best works of foreign and domestic classics, world folklore, folk and literary tales, prose and poems by children's writers.
About the publication
The "Library of World Literature for Children" series stands out from the background of other similar publications in that it was illustrated by the best domestic graphic artists. All books were printed on high-quality paper with bright and memorable illustrations.
The publication "Library of World Literature for Children" won many awards, including the diploma "Golden Letter of the Most Beautiful Book" at the exhibitionart book in Leipzig, held in 1979.
Today this series remains valuable, attracting a large number of true fans of literature.
This unique publication should be of interest not only to children, but also to their parents, as well as to all those involved in the upbringing of the younger generation. The series "Library of World Literature for Children" was released with interesting and exciting prefaces prepared by experts. For many, these are no longer just books to read, but real collectibles.
How to buy?
Today, the books "Libraries of World Literature for Children" can be bought from the hands or in the publishing house.
Popular free classifieds sites sell the entire 1979 series in good condition. The collection can be purchased from the hands for 28 thousand rubles.
You can also buy a deluxe edition, which will be made to order in accordance with your wishes. In this case, the editions of the "Library of Children's World Literature for Children" are bound in genuine leather in five colors, which are made by hand by craftsmen. The covers are gold and embossed. All books have an original endpaper that matches the color of the skin itself.
The cost of such a set of "Libraries of World Literature for Children" in 50 volumes will be 590 thousand rubles.
Contents
The publications released in this series introduce the youngreaders with the finest examples of world literature the world has ever seen.
In this article, we will detail which works each volume is dedicated to, so you will have a complete understanding of the full content of the World Literature Library for Children.
The first volume opens with domestic folklore - Russian folk tales, epics and old Russian stories. The second volume includes the works of Nizami "Leyli and Majun", Firdousi "Shahnameh", Shota Rustaveli "The Knight in the Panther's Skin", Alisher Navoiy "Farkhad and Shirin". All this makes it possible for young readers to get acquainted in detail with the work of medieval Asian writers and poets.
The third volume consists entirely of the works of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, the fourth is devoted to the work of Mikhail Lermontov. The fifth volume includes selected works by Ivan Krylov, the play "Woe from Wit" by Alexander Griboyedov, poems and poems by Nikolai Nekrasov.
The sixth volume of the "Library of World Literature for Children" in 58 volumes is an anthology of Russian poets of the 18th-19th centuries. Selected works are collected here, from Mikhail Lomonosov to Ivan Bunin. In this volume of "Libraries of World Literature for Children" Fonvizin, Karamzin, Dmitriev, Zhukovsky, Batyushkov, Glinka, Ryleev, Kuchelbeker, Vyazemsky, Baratynsky, Delvig, Yazykov, Aksakov, Koltsov, Ogarev, Maikov, Fet, Kozma Prutkov and many others.
Volume 7 - fairy tales of Russian writers.
19th century classics
From the eighth volume, the younger generation begins to get acquainted with the classics of Russian literature, primarily with prose writers. The eighth volume contains the works "Fathers and Sons" and "Notes of a Hunter" by Ivan Turgenev, "The Enchanted Wanderer", "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District", "Dumb Artist" and "Lefty" by Nikolai Leskov, plays by Alexander Ostrovsky.
The ninth volume includes "Dead Souls", "The Government Inspector" and "The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol, the novel "Lord Golovlev" by Mikhail S altykov-Shchedrin.
Volume No. 10 - chapters from the book "The Past and Thoughts" by Alexander Herzen, Nikolai Chernyshevsky's novel "What Is to Be Done?".
In the 11th volume - novels and stories by Leo Tolstoy, in the 12th - "Humiliated and Insulted" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the play "The Cherry Orchard" and stories by Anton Chekhov.
XX century
Next in the list of "Libraries of World Literature for Children" are the works of the 20th century. They open with the 13th volume, which contains selected works of Maxim Gorky. In the 14th volume - stories and novels by Alexander Kuprin, Ivan Bunin, Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy. All these are mostly works that were written at the very beginning of the century, even before the October Revolution.
Volume No. 15 - "Childhood of the Theme" by Nikolai Garin-Mikhailovsky, "Childhood of Bagrov-grandson" by Sergei Aksakov, stories by Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak and Konstantin Stanyukovich.
The 16th volume contains poems by poets of pre-revolutionary Russia, and the 17th volume contains stories and novellas by the classics of the peoples of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century.
Literature of the Soviet period
Introduction to the literature of the Soviet period begins with the 18th volume. It includes the novels "Chapaev" by Dmitry Furmanov and "How the Steel Was Tempered" by Nikolai Ostrovsky, directly related to the revolution and the Civil War.
Volume 19 is the works of Mikhail Sholokhov. In particular, "Nakhalenok", "Virgin Soil Upturned" and "The Fate of Man". The 20th volume is dedicated to the poets of that period - Sergei Yesenin, Alexander Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky. Volume 21 includes "Rout" and "Young Guard" by Alexander Fadeev.
For young readers
If before that most of the works, although mandatory for study at school, are addressed primarily to adult readers, then a series of books dedicated specifically to children begins with the 22nd volume.
For example, these are songs, fairy tales, riddles and poems by Samuil Marshak, as well as a collection of his memoirs "At the Beginning of Life". Just the 22nd volume is divided into four books. The rest included fairy tales and poems by Korney Chukovsky, Sergei Mikhalkov, Agnia Barto.
In the 23rd volume of Arkady Gaidar's work - "Military secret", "School", "Timur and his team", as well as "Konduit and Shvambrania" by Lev Kassil. Volume 24 consists of the "Northern Tale" by KonstantinPaustovsky", "A Lonely Sail Turns White" by Valentin Kataev, "Tales of a Real Man" by Boris Polevoy. In the 25th volume - "Golden Meadow" by Mikhail Prishvin, "Stories about Animals" by Boris Zhitkov, stories by Vitaly Bianchi and Pavel Bazhov.
26th volume - "Sea Soul" by Leonid Sobolev", "Iron Stream" by Alexander Serafimovich. In the 27th volume - "Artemka in the Circus" by Ivan Vasilenko, "Tashkent - a city of bread" by Alexander Neverov, "Vitya Maleev at school and at home" Nikolay Nosov.
Soviet classics
If the 28th volume is the civic lyrics of Soviet poets, then their prose begins from the 29th. In particular, it contains works by Aleksin, Aitmatov, Dubov, Likhanov, Kuznetsova, Astafiev, Voskresenskaya, Panteleev, Zheleznikov, Fraerman, Alekseev, Dragunsky, Prilezhaeva, Medvedev, Yakovlev. This volume is divided into three books.
The 30th volume consists of four books. It contains novels and stories by Bondarev, Bykov, Bogomolov, Vasilyev, Karim, Rybakov, Sotnik, Sladkov, Troepolsky, Uspensky Baruzdin, Gonchar, Krapivin, Mezhelaitis, Tokmakova, Alekseev, Amlinsky, Baklanov, Dumbadze. Cinnamon.
Foreign literature
The remaining volumes are devoted to acquaintance with foreign literature. The 31st contains the ancient epic and medieval European works of Virgil, Homer, and Dante. In the 32nd volume - fairy tales of the peoples of the world starting with "A Thousand and One Nights".
The dramaturgy of Western Europe was collected in 1933. itthe works of Shakespeare, de Vega, Goldini, Moliere, Goethe, Sheridan, Schiller. In the 34th - "The Adventures of the Cunning Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha" by Cervantes, "The Tradesman in the Nobility" and "Tartuffe" by Molière.
The basis of the 35th volume is "Gulliver's Travels" by Swift, "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Rabelais, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" by Raspe. The 36th volume - the novel "Spartacus" by Raffaello Giovagnoli, and in the 37th - "The Gadfly" by Voynich and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Beecher Stowe.
In the 38th fairy tales of foreign authors are combined - here are the works of Hoffmann, Perrault, the Grimm brothers, Andersen, Gauf, Wilde, Lagerlöf. In the 40th volume of Kipling's fairy tale, "Alice in Wonderland" by Carroll, "Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all" by Milne, "Peter Pan" by Barry.
From the 41st volume, acquaintance with the classic examples of adventure literature begins. These are "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Children of Captain Grant" by Jules Verne, the 42nd volume includes "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas, and the 43rd "Ivanhoe" by Scott, "The Legend of Ulenspiegel" de Coster. The 44th volume of the series is based on the novels "The Tramps of the North" and "In the Wilds of the North" by James Oliver Curwood, "The Last of the Mohicans" by Fenimore Cooper. 45th - "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, "The Adventures of Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens.
The following is a series of works addressed exclusively to children. Volume 46: "Kid and Carlson"Astrid Lindgren, "The Adventures of Cipollino" by Gianni Rodari, "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, "Mary Poppins" by Pamela Travers. Volume 47: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, as well as his famous novel "The Prince and the Pauper".
48th volume - beloved in the Soviet Union Jack London with stories and novella "White Fang", as well as "Bambi" by Felix S alten and "Stories about Animals" by Ernest Seton-Thompson. The penultimate volume includes novels and stories by contemporary foreign writers, mainly from the countries of the socialist camp. The series ends with the 50th volume with the poetry of the peoples of the world, starting from ancient times and ending with the works of Camões, Baudelaire and Verhaarn.