An authentic edition of P. P. Bazhov’s works is published in three volumes. The first volume consists mainly of Bazhov’s early tales, written and published by him in the pre-war years and partly during the Great Patriotic War. Included here are cycles of semi-fantastic tales: about the Mistress of the Copper Mountain and wonderful masters; mining tales—about the Poloz (a kind of dragon/serpent) that guards gold; tales of snakes—the keepers of gold—and about the first prospectors; legends of the Old Ural
Contents
L. Skorino — Pavel Petrovich Bazhov
Mistress of the Copper Mountain
The Malachite Casket
The Stone Flower
Mountain Master
A Fragile Sprig
Ironkin covers
Two lizardlings
The Blanks of the Steward
Sumnyi stones
Grass-little ditch
Tayutkin’s tiny mirror
Cat’s ears
About the Great Poloz
The Serpent’s Trail
Zhabreyev’s passer
Golden dykes
Ognivushka-Poskakushka
The Blue Little Serpent
The Key of the Earth
Sinyushkin’s well
The Silver Hoof
Yermak’s swans
The Golden Hair
Dear little name