One thousand and one Arabian nights
Subtitle: vol. 2 of 16
By: by Richard Francis Burton
Series: Easy reading series
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, South Carolina
Language: eng
Translated from: ara
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781606208298
Copyright date: Not n copyright
Subjects: Fairy tales; Tales
Other titles: Thousand and one Arabian nights; 1001 Arabian nights
Work titles: Arabian nights
Description: This edition, based on Richard F. Burton's unexpurgated translation, restores the sensuality and lushness of the original Arabic. Here are the famous adventures of Sindbad, "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," and "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp." Here too are less familiar stories, such as "Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma," a delightful early version of The Taming of the Shrew, and "The Wily Dalilah and her Daughter Zaynab," a hilarious tale about two crafty women who put an entire city of men in their place. Intricate and imaginative, these stories-within-stories told over a thousand and one nights continue to captivate readers as they have for centuries. [Publisher Note: Contains footnotes to assist the translation.]
Notes: Cover title.