The Little Scarlet Flower (1858) (edit title/settings)

Shelfari approved its own request to combine 2 books, including The Little Scarlet Flower, Wednesday, January 30, 2013.

Shelfari submitted a request to combine 2 books, including The Little Scarlet Flower, Wednesday, January 30, 2013.

J. S. edited the books like this book of The Little Scarlet Flower Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

• Added Cupid and Psyche
• Removed Beauty and the Beast

J. S. edited the settings of The Little Scarlet Flower Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

• changed the overview: Fairy-tale Russia

J. S. edited the movie connections of The Little Scarlet Flower Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

• Edited a movie: The Little Scarlet Flower (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283242) : Film, released in 1977 (Russia) directed by Irina Povolotskaya. One main difference with the book is that in the film the characters have names, while in Aksakov's tale everyone remain nameless. The focus of the film is Alyona (the younger daughter who asked for the scarlet flower) and the heart broken witch (who transformed the prince into the monster,monste, because he cruelly rejected her love). The movie plays heavily with colors akin to "Hero" directed by Yimou Zhang (starring Jet Li)

J. S. edited the movie connections of The Little Scarlet Flower Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

• Added a movie: The Little Scarlet Flower: Animated film, released in 1952 (Russia)
• Added a movie: The Little Scarlet Flower (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283242) : Film, released in 1977 (Russia) directed by Irina Povolotskaya. One main difference with the book is that in the film the characters have names, while in Aksakov's tale everyone remain nameless. The focus of the film is Alyona (the younger daughter who asked for the scarlet flower) and the heart broken witch (who transformed the prince into the monster, because he cruelly rejected her love). The movie plays heavily with colors akin to "Hero" directed by Yimou Zhang (starring Jet Li)

J. S. edited the page settings of The Little Scarlet Flower Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

• Unhid these sections: movie connections

J. S. edited the themes of The Little Scarlet Flower Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

• Added a theme: Love
• Added a theme: Altruism

J. S. edited the description of The Little Scarlet Flower Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

• Original title: Аленький цветочек

  "The Scarlet Flower" is a Russian folk tale, written by the Russian writerauthor Sergei Aksakov from the words of housekeeper Pelageya.Aksakov. It is the leitmotif of the Greek myth "Cupid and Psyche" and was first published in 1858 in the appendix of the book "Childhood Years of Bagrov Grandson" (Years of Childhood), to, according to the author, "not interrupt the story of his childhood."

  Aksakov hear the story "The Scarlet flower" for the first time from the (illiterate) housekeeper Pelagia when he was a child. Subsequently, Aksakov was surprised by the similarity of the story with the fairy tale called "Beauty and the Beast", composed in French by Mrs. Leprens de Beaumont. Despite this, the plot of "The Scarlet Flower" is the leitmotif of the Greek myth of "Cupid and Psyche," and not an adaption of the European leitmotif of the same myth under the name "Beauty and the Beast"

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Little Scarlet Flower Wednesday, November 23, 2011.

• reordered the contributors.
• Added a contributor: Sergey Aksakov: (Primary Author)
• Removed a contributor: Sergei T. Aksakov: (Primary Author)