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Arabian Nights

By Richard Francis Burton (Translator)

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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, ShahContinue

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.

Critics

  • 1,001 flights of fancy

    These magnificent volumes are the most ambitious and thorough translation into English of the Arabian Nights since the age of Queen Victoria and the British empire. The translations from Arabic by Malcolm Lyons, a former professor of Arabic at Cambri ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

  • Travelling Text

    Like a dance craze or a charismatic cult, The Arabian Nights seized readers’ imaginations as soon as translations first appeared – in French between 1704 and 1717, and in English from 1708. Oriental fever swept through salons and coffee-houses, the o ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

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  • 1001 Tales

    Good but repetitive. I'm sure the translation probably makes a big difference here. I tried 2 different translations, and one was definitely more entertaining than the other.

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    Readingrat said on Aug 22, 2009 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

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