The Scarlet Flower

For the films, see The Scarlet Flower (1952 film) and The Scarlet Flower (1977 film).
The Scarlet Flower
The merchant meets the beast. Illustration by Nikolai Bogatov.
Folk tale
NameThe Scarlet Flower
Also known asThe Little Red Flower
CountryRussia
Published in1858
RelatedBeauty and the Beast

The Scarlet Flower (Russian: Аленький цветочек, romanized: Alen'kiy tsvetochek), also known as The Little Scarlet Flower[1] or The Little Red Flower,[2] is a Russian fairy tale written by Sergey Aksakov. It is a variation of the plot of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast.[3] In Russia, Beauty and the Beast story is known mostly via Aksakov's retelling.[4]

  1. ^ Rydel, Christine (1999). Russian literature in the age of Pushkin and Gogol: Prose. Gale Research. p. 4. ISBN 9780787618537.
  2. ^ Российская анимация в буквах и фигурах. Фильмы. "Аленький цветочек" (in Russian). Animator.ru. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ Н. В. Будур, Сказочная энциклопедия, Moscow, Олма-Пресс, 2005, pp. 12-13. ISBN 5-224-04818-4
  4. ^ Krasko, Genrich (2004). This unbearable boredom of being: a crisis of meaning in America. iUniverse. p. 123. ISBN 0-595-31309-4.