Bazhov: Zolotoy Volos: meaning of "zhalko ee"

[Yelena Minyonok]

 Dear Robert,
 Bazhov has used a lot of stylized folklore expressions, images and 
 plots. Even Ailyp is bashkir, Bazhov describes his feelings in a Russian 
 folkloric style. An expression НЕ СТОЛЬ ЖАЛКО, CКОЛЬ ОБИДНО you may meet 
 in the Russian fairy tales and in Russian folk lyric songs, for example 
 - Мне не столько жаль, что муж на возу, a мне сколь обидно, что я воз 
 везу.

 In Bazhov's text Ailyp feels IT WAS NOT SO MUCH A MATTER THAT HE WILL 
 NOT MARRY HER (will not be together with her)...

 All the best,
 Yelena Minyonok,
 Institute of World Literature
 American Friends of Russian Folklore - 
 http://www.russianfolklorefriends.org
 Russia's Cultural Diversity - http://russiandiversity.com

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