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Sep 09, 2020
Mary Catelli
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Based on one of the older and more unified Syrian manuscripts.
It has only two hundred and seventy-one nights, but lacks the somewhat random assemblage of later manuscripts. He talks in the introduction about how they were padding out, first in Middle Eastern manuscript (where Sinbad came from) and then in French ones (where Aladdin came from).
Full of nested stories, elaborate rhetoric, Syrian expressions (though jinn is rendered demon), intrigue particularly amorous, bawdiness, drinking, and ver ...more
It has only two hundred and seventy-one nights, but lacks the somewhat random assemblage of later manuscripts. He talks in the introduction about how they were padding out, first in Middle Eastern manuscript (where Sinbad came from) and then in French ones (where Aladdin came from).
Full of nested stories, elaborate rhetoric, Syrian expressions (though jinn is rendered demon), intrigue particularly amorous, bawdiness, drinking, and ver ...more
A classic set of arabian/middle eastern "fairy tales". Rather different than european tales, and some of them were rather weird, but it still had some good stories. It wasn't my cup of tea since I'm not exceptionally interested in middle eastern folk stories but I discovered some stuff that drew my attention nevertheless.
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Satyajeet
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