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Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
by
E. Dixon
There once was a king of Persia who at the beginning of his reign had distinguished himself by many glorious and successful conquests and had afterwards enjoyed such profound peace and tranquillity as rendered him the happiest of monarchs.
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Published
(first published October 28th 1976)
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Oct 14, 2012
Nev Percy
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2 of 5 stars
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The Arabian Nights are a massive classic, and I'd come to feel that I ought to read the real thing instead of only knowing them through the retellings of Hollywood etc.
Encountering this out-of-copyright free e-book I went at it with a will (if a bit fragmentarily, on my phone-screen) but found the telling bare to the point of soulless. Like the oral tradition has refined the words through so many people's tellings that the spark and individuality of them are gone. They don't need capturing as a...more
Encountering this out-of-copyright free e-book I went at it with a will (if a bit fragmentarily, on my phone-screen) but found the telling bare to the point of soulless. Like the oral tradition has refined the words through so many people's tellings that the spark and individuality of them are gone. They don't need capturing as a...more
Wow this is a real head spin! These little stories are the most imaginative and crazy fairy tales I've had the pleasure of reading. Fairies, genies, princes, death, magic it really is all going on here. If you can cope with the dated language you can't fail to be amused by these stories.
Ternyata butuh 5 hari dari 17 hari, ga harus 1001 malam, hoho.
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Interesting read with mixed opinions about stories. Some very good, other I just wanted to shout will you never learn! Given the background at times the english didn't flow as you would expect modern english to. Worth a read though.
Not as many stories as the full Arabian Nights but it was free so who cares!
Apr 04, 2013
Claire
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4 of 5 stars
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