The Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451525426 ISBN 13: 9780451525420

Publisher: Signet Classics, 1991

Synopsis

A modern edition of the classic tales includes stories filled with humorous and valuable lessons

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

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.

From the Back Cover:

"A book that captivates in childhood and delights in age."
--Robert Louis Stevenson

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0451525426
• ISBN 13: 9780451525420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608