The Arabian Nights
Subtitle: Their Best-Known Tales
Contributors: Maxfield Parrish (Illustrator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Atheneum
Published: September 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780684195896
Subjects: Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, magical tales & traditional stories; Folklore; Children: Grades 4-6; Folk Tales / Mythology / Fables (Young Adult); Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction; Fairy tales; Classics; Fairy Tales & Folklore - Asian; Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Arab countries; Tales; Arabs
First sentence: THERE was an emperor of Persia named Kosrouschah, who, when he first came to his crown, in order to obtain a knowledge of affairs, took great pleasure in night excursions, attended by a trusty minister.