Wonderful Stories Performed by Dmitry Bykov + Bykov's Lecture

The Ardiz audio studio presents you with a collection of Anatole France stories performed by Dmitry Bykov.

All novellas included in the collection “The Fantastic Tales” are built on a fairy-tale or legendary plot. The first two—“Bluebeard’s Seven Wives” and “The Story of the Duchess de Sagonne and Monsieur Boulengren”—are based on well-known fairy tales by Charles Perrault. The world of fantasy intertwines with prose of real life. In “The Miracle of Saint Nicholas,” the Christian “wisdom” of the saint is mocked; devout monks in a monastery that looks like a “cage of monkeys”; religious fanatics, feudal wars, and outrages. The novella “The Shirt” is a philosophical tale in Voltaire’s style—one of A. France’s favorite genres.

The audiobook concludes with a story by Dmitry Bykov about what he has read.