Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Robert L Mack

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Oxford University Press, USA, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2009. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2009-07-26. Reissue. paperback. Used: Good.

Oxford University Press, 2009. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780199555871

Oxford Paperbacks, 2009. Paperback. New. reissue edition. 939 pages. 7.75x5.00x2.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. No other edition offers extensive textual apparatus such as explanatory notes, plot summaries, particularly vital as stories are complex and interwoven. The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from the possible infidelities on his wives leads to an outbreak of barbarity in his kingdoms and a reign of terror in his court, stopped only by the resourceful Scheherazade. The tales with which Scheherazade nightly postpones the muderous intent of the sultan have entered our language and our lives like no other collection of narratives before or since. Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba: all make their spectacular entrance on to the stage of English literary history in the Arabian Nights Entertainments (1704-17). The stories contained in this `store house of ingenious fiction' initiate a pattern of literary reference and influence which today remains as powerful and intense as it was throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This edition… Read More

Oxford University Press, 2009-07-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!