The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights Mass market paperbound - 2004
by Richard Burton (Translator); Introduction by A. S. Byatt
This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multi-volume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes.
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The collection of stories known as the Thousand and One Nights is in itself a symbol for infinity.
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Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.
This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination, demonstrating that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken.
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- Title The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
- Author Richard Burton (Translator); Introduction by A. S. Byatt
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 1104
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Modern Library, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-06-01
- ISBN 9780812972146 / 0812972147
- Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.5 in (17.53 x 10.92 x 3.81 cm)
- Reading level 1320
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- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Arabs, Tales - Arab countries
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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