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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
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.
The tales of told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature, as recounted by Sir Francis Burton. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam.
The tales of told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature, as recounted by Sir Francis Burton. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam.
510 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 18, 2020
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January 12, 2023
I tried my best to read this book. It just became unbearable. It is very thick and it is a bad book.
1. It lacks creativity.
2. It has not left any bias that it can mention - gender, age, color of skin, rank.. you name it and it has.
3. It has weird exaggeration and no sense. I love fantasy books but this is the prime example of bad fantasy.
1. It lacks creativity.
2. It has not left any bias that it can mention - gender, age, color of skin, rank.. you name it and it has.
3. It has weird exaggeration and no sense. I love fantasy books but this is the prime example of bad fantasy.
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