Bawdy and exotic, Arabian Nights features the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformations, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar. First introduced into the West in 1704, the stories of The Thousand and One Nights are most familiar to American readers in sanitized children's versions.
Contents:
- The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water
- The Story of the Fisherman and the Genie
- The History of the Young Kin of the Black Isles
- The Story of Gulnare of the Sea
- The Story of Aladdin; or, the Wonderful Lamp
- The Story of Prince Agib
- The Story of the City of Brass
- The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
- The History of Codadad and His Brothers
- The Story of Sinbad the Voyager
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