The Forest King
3 hrs. 31 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vasily Zhukovsky
Author
Vasily Zhukovsky
Narrator
Ivan Bukchin
Narrator
Andrey Odintsov
Description
This audiobook includes the best poems and ballads by Vasily Zhukovsky!
Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky (1783–1852) was a Russian poet, the founder of Romanticism in Russian poetry, and the author of elegies, romances, ballads, and epic works. The poem “The Forest King” is a translation of I.V. Goethe’s ballad.
The most famous Russian translations are by V. Zhukovsky and A. Fet. V. A. Zhukovsky translated the poem in 1818. The work is based on an ancient legend about a dying boy who is summoned into the kingdom of the Forest King. At the center of the plot is a dialogue between father and son, who ride on a horse through the evening forest. The boy feels as if the forest king is calling him:
“Child, I have been captivated by your beauty:
By force or by will, but you will be mine.”
The ballad inspired many musicians. The most well-known composition is Franz Schubert’s 1815 piece.
The book also includes poems and ballads by Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky, study of which is provided for in the school curriculum: “Svetlana,” “The Sleeping Tsarevna,” “The Riddle,” and others.
Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky (1783–1852) was a Russian poet, the founder of Romanticism in Russian poetry, and the author of elegies, romances, ballads, and epic works. The poem “The Forest King” is a translation of I.V. Goethe’s ballad.
The most famous Russian translations are by V. Zhukovsky and A. Fet. V. A. Zhukovsky translated the poem in 1818. The work is based on an ancient legend about a dying boy who is summoned into the kingdom of the Forest King. At the center of the plot is a dialogue between father and son, who ride on a horse through the evening forest. The boy feels as if the forest king is calling him:
“Child, I have been captivated by your beauty:
By force or by will, but you will be mine.”
The ballad inspired many musicians. The most well-known composition is Franz Schubert’s 1815 piece.
The book also includes poems and ballads by Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky, study of which is provided for in the school curriculum: “Svetlana,” “The Sleeping Tsarevna,” “The Riddle,” and others.
