The Scarlet Flower
| The Scarlet Flower | |
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The merchant meets the beast. Illustration by Nikolai Bogatov. | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Scarlet Flower |
| Also known as | The Little Red Flower |
| Country | Russia |
| Published in | 1858 |
| Related | Beauty and the Beast |
The Scarlet Flower (Russian: Аленький цветочек, romanized: Alen'kiy tsvetochek), also known as The Little Scarlet Flower or The Little Red Flower, is a Russian literary fairy tale written by Sergey Aksakov. It is a variation of the plot of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. In Russia, Beauty and the Beast story is known mostly via Aksakov's retelling.