num_pages: 64
description: The original story of Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It concerns an impoverished young man named Aladdin. He is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father and convinces Aladdin and his mother of his goodness by making arrangements to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. His real motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave.
language: English
title: Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
titlecomplete: Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
genres: Fantasy, Retellings, Fairy Tales, Audiobook, Literary Fiction, Picture Books, Short Stories, Classics, Childrens, Fiction
ratings_count: 949
places: North Africa
publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books