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Imi͡a Dzhambattisty Bazile (1583-1632), avtora "Skazki skazok", sovsem nedavno stalo izvestno russkoi͡azychnomu chitateli͡u, i tem ne menee emu neplokho znakomy istorii Bazile - v perelozhenii Sharli͡a Perro, Karlo Got͡st͡si i bratʹev Grimm. U avtora-neapolitant͡sa, odnako, ėti brodi͡achie si͡uzhety neredko obretai͡ut sovsem neozhidannui͡u okrasku: u nego i zolushka v sostoi͡anii datʹ dostoĭnyĭ otpor machekhe, i spi͡ashchai͡a krasavit͡sa posle probuzhdenii͡a vedet sebi͡a daleko ne luchshim obrazom... Frivolʹnye i dazhe zhestokie si͡uzhety, vmeshatelʹstvo feĭ i orkov, geroi, kotorye ne lezut za slovom v karman, gori͡achnostʹ i͡unosti i unynie starosti, nazidanii͡a i prikli͡uchenii͡a - vse ėto vmestilosʹ v pi͡atidnevnyĭ skazochnyĭ marafon, v pi͡atʹdesi͡at zanimatelʹnykh i pouchitelʹnykh istoriĭ (otsi͡uda i eshche odno nazvanie knigi - "Pentameron", "pi͡atidnevnik"). Izdanie proilli͡ustrirovano rabotami angliĭskogo khudozhnika Uorvika Gobla.

The name of Giambattista Basile (1583-1632), the author of The Fairy Tale of Fairy Tales, has recently become known to the Russian—speaking reader, and nevertheless he is quite familiar with the stories of Basile - arranged by Charles Perrault, Carlo Gozzi and the brothers Grimm. In the Neapolitan author, however, these wandering plots often acquire a completely unexpected coloring: he and Cinderella are able to give a worthy rebuff to their stepmother, and the sleeping beauty behaves far from the best after waking up... Frivolous and even cruel plots, the intervention of fairies and orcs, heroes who do not climb into their pockets for a word, the fervor of youth and the despondency of old age, edification and adventures — all this fit into a five—day fairy-tale marathon, fifty entertaining and instructive stories (hence another title of the book - "Pentameron", "five-day"). The publication is illustrated by the works of the English artist Warwick Goble.