The Black Chicken. A Town in a Snuffbox and Other Stories by Russian Writers

The book includes well-known fairy tales by Russian writers: "The Black Chicken" by A. Pogorelsky, "A Town in a Snuffbox" by V. Odoevsky, "The Scarlet Flower" by S. Aksakov, "Gray Duckling" by D. Mamin-Siberiak, "The Traveling Frog" by V. Garshin. In these wonderful stories, alongside everyday reality, there exists another, magical life - one just needs to listen closely and observe. Through the connection of fantasy with truth, the real world becomes even more colorful, while the fairy tale is perceived as real: love transforms a monster into a beautiful prince (The Scarlet Flower), a whole musical town is placed inside a snuffbox (A Town in a Snuffbox), and underground, it turns out, there are inhabitants of an entire kingdom (The Black Chicken, or The Underground Dwellers).