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These stories were so much funnier and bawdier than I was expecting! I was expecting more adventurous stories - more akin to what I know of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" - yet a large number of these stories featured rather licentious women! It wasn't something I was expecting out of a set of stories being told by a woman to a man who was obsessed with the idea of unfaithful wives!
This particular edition is based off the core set of tales compiled by Muhsin Mahdi which reflect only the stori ...more
This particular edition is based off the core set of tales compiled by Muhsin Mahdi which reflect only the stori ...more
When I first read these in childhood I had no idea what a racist, misogynist and paranoid worldview they represented. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
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