The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Modern Library Classics)

Robert Louis Stevenson called it a "a book that captivates in childhood and delights in age.";Bennett Cerf selected the tales in this edition in 1932 for the Modern Library as the "most famous and representative" from the multivolume translation by Sir Richard Francis Burton.;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 and his son Badr Al-Din Hasan -- Tale of Ghanim Bi 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 -- The taled of Ma'an son of Zaidah and the Badawi -- The city of many-columned Iram and Abdullah son of Abi Kalibah -- The sweep and the noble laldy -- 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, 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. A selection of 29 tales, reproducing the 1932 Modern Library edition.