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Literature & Fiction

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1 (Penguin Classics)

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 1 (Penguin Classics)

The most significant translation in one hundred years of one of the greatest works of world literature
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From Ali Baba and the forty thieves to the voyages of Sinbad, the stories of The Arabian Nights are timeless and unforgettable. Published here in three volumes, this magnificent new edition brings these tales to life for modern readers in the first complete English translation since Richard Burtonâ€™s of the 1880s.
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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, and the next morning puts her to death. To end this brutal pattern, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king enchanting tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, of the Angel of Death and magical spirits, and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lampsâ€”a sequence of stories that will last 1,001 nights, and that will save her own life.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Classics
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780140449389
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2010-05-25
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780140449389

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