The Arabian nights' entertainments, or, The book of a thousand nights and a night : a selection of the most famous and representative of these tales from the plain and literal translations

"Collection of tales featuring Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sinbad told by Scheherazade to save herself from death at the Sultan's hands.";Story of King Shahryar and his brother -- The fisherman and the Jinni -- The porter and the three ladies of Baghdad -- The tale of the three apples -- Tale of Nur Al-din Ali and his son Badr Al-din Hasan -- Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, the distraught, the thrall o' love -- The tale of the birds and beasts and the carpenter -- The hermits -- The tale of Kamar Al-zaman -- Hatim of the tribe of Tayy -- Tale of Ma'an son of Zaidah and the Badawi -- The city of the many-columned Iram and Abdullah son of Abi Kalibah -- The sweep and the noble lady -- Ali the Persian -- The man who stole the dish of gold wherein the dog ate -- The ruined man who became rich again through a dream -- The ebony horse -- How Abu Hasan brake wind -- The angel of death with the proud king and the devout man -- Sindbad the seaman and Sindbad the landsman -- The city of brass -- The lady and her five suitors -- Judar and his brethren -- Julnar the sea-born and her son King Badr Basim of Persia -- Khalifah the fisherman of Baghdad -- Abu Kir the dyer and Abu Sir the barber -- The sleeper and the waker -- Alaeddin; or the wonderful lamp -- Ali Baba and the forty thieves -- Ma'aruf the cobbler and his wife Fatimah.

full Of Mischief And Valor, Ribaldry And Romance, The Arabian Nights Is A Work That Has Enthralled Readers For Centuries. The Text Presented Here Is That Of The 1932 Modern Library Edition For Which Bennett A. Cerf Chose The "most Famous And Representative" Of The Stories From The Multivolume Translation Of Richard F. Burton.

   The Origins Of The Arabian Nights Are Obscure. About A Thousand Years Ago A Vast Number Of Stories In Arabic From Various Countries Began To Be Brought Together; Only Much Later Was The Collection Called The Arabian Nights Or The Thousand And One Nights. All The Stories Are Told By Shahrazad (scheherazade), Who Entertains Her Husband, King Shahryar, Whose Custom It Was To Execute His Wives After A Single Night. Shahrazad Begins A Story Each Night But Withholds The Ending Until The Following Night, Thus Postponing Her Execution.

   This Selection Includes Many Of The Stories That Are Universally Known Though Seldom Read In This Authentic Form:
"alaeddin; Or, The Wonderful Lamp," "sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman," And "ali Baba And The Forty Thieves." These, And The Tales That Accompany Them, Make Delightful Reading, Demonstrating, As The Modern Library Noted In 1932, That Shahrazad's Spell Remains Unbroken.

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.From the Trade Paperback edition. Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. "A book that captivates in childhood and still delights in old age", said Robert Louis Stevenson It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that there was a Fisherman well stricken in years who had a wife and three children, and withal was of poor condition. A selection of 29 tales reproducing the 1932 Modern Library edition.