Wormwood Tales
3 hrs. 48 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Yuriy Koval
Author
Yuriy Koval
Narrator
Ivan Litvinov
Narrator
Ivan Litvinov
Description
In the story by the Russian writer Yuri Koval “Wormwood Tales,” subtitled “A Tale of Old Times,” the life of a little girl, Lyolya, and her mother is told. The mother is a teacher at a church-parish school in the remote Moksha village of Polynovka in the early 20th century. These are bright, kind stories from the author’s mother’s childhood. All chapters of the story are called “tales,” although only some of them include magic.
A Tale of Old Times
A Tale about Gray Stones
A Tale about Huge Beings
A Tale about Some Thing with a Golden Nose
A Tale about the Porch and the Small Embankment
A Tale about the Next Room
A Tale about the Main Person
A Tale about Grandfather Ignat
A Tale about Polynovka
Marfushka’s tale as long as three pancakes
A Tale about Wormwood Language
A Tale about a Little Soldier
A Tale about How Mishka Went to War
A Tale about Playing with Eggs
Marfushka’s tale about the Steppe Brother
A Tale about How Autumn Came
A Tale about How Classes Started at School
A Tale about a Surname
A Tale about an English-Language Lesson
A Tale about the Pine Lamp
A Tale about Grandfather Ignat and the Wolf Yevstifeyka
A Tale about Festive Poems
A Tale about Snowy Hours
A Tale about a Snowstorm Celebration
A Tale about Wolves and a Silly Cow
A Tale about “Wolchoks”
A Tale about “Wolchoks” (sequel)
A Tale about Three Rubles
Grandfather Ignat’s tale about the other three rubles
A Tale about Sisters
A Tale about Roast Goose
A Tale about the Sled
A Tale about the Silver Falcon, told by Nataikai
A Tale about Broken Roller Skates
A Tale about the Arrival of Spring
A Tale about Goose Letters
A Tale about a Strict Celebration
A Tale about the Sower
A Tale about How Lilacs Didn’t Bloom
Duna’s tale about Rowanberries
A Tale about the Devil with Horns and a Beard
Grandfather Ignat’s tale about the goat Kozma Nikitich
A Tale about Kat’ka
A Tale about Happy Lilacs
A Tale of Old Times
A Tale about Gray Stones
A Tale about Huge Beings
A Tale about Some Thing with a Golden Nose
A Tale about the Porch and the Small Embankment
A Tale about the Next Room
A Tale about the Main Person
A Tale about Grandfather Ignat
A Tale about Polynovka
Marfushka’s tale as long as three pancakes
A Tale about Wormwood Language
A Tale about a Little Soldier
A Tale about How Mishka Went to War
A Tale about Playing with Eggs
Marfushka’s tale about the Steppe Brother
A Tale about How Autumn Came
A Tale about How Classes Started at School
A Tale about a Surname
A Tale about an English-Language Lesson
A Tale about the Pine Lamp
A Tale about Grandfather Ignat and the Wolf Yevstifeyka
A Tale about Festive Poems
A Tale about Snowy Hours
A Tale about a Snowstorm Celebration
A Tale about Wolves and a Silly Cow
A Tale about “Wolchoks”
A Tale about “Wolchoks” (sequel)
A Tale about Three Rubles
Grandfather Ignat’s tale about the other three rubles
A Tale about Sisters
A Tale about Roast Goose
A Tale about the Sled
A Tale about the Silver Falcon, told by Nataikai
A Tale about Broken Roller Skates
A Tale about the Arrival of Spring
A Tale about Goose Letters
A Tale about a Strict Celebration
A Tale about the Sower
A Tale about How Lilacs Didn’t Bloom
Duna’s tale about Rowanberries
A Tale about the Devil with Horns and a Beard
Grandfather Ignat’s tale about the goat Kozma Nikitich
A Tale about Kat’ka
A Tale about Happy Lilacs
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