Arabian Nights The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights

Name: Arabian Nights The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights
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ISBN: 9780451525420

ISBN-10: 0451525426

ISBN-13: 9780451525420

Edition: 1991

Authors: Jack Zipes

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Bawdy and exotic, Arabian Nights,features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformations, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar. First introduced into the West in 1704, the stories of The Thousand and One Nightsare most familiar to American readers in sanitized children's versions. This modern edition, based on Richard F. Burton's unexpurgated translation, restores the sensuality and lushness of the original Arabic. Here are the famous adventures of Sinbad, "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, "and "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. "Intricate and…

Book details

List price: $6.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 8/6/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English