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:
WHO TOLD THE STORIES? or
THE TALE OF QUEEN SHAHRAZAD
THE STORY OF THE FISHERMAN AND THE BRASS BOTTLE
2. The Fisherman and the Mysterious Fish
3. The Fisherman, the Sultan, and the King of the Black Mountains
THE STORY OF THE HALF-LIE
THE STORY OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
1. Sinbad and the Island that was no Island
2. Sinbad and the Valley of Diamonds
3. Sinbad and the Old-Man-of-the-Sea
4. Sinbad and the Caliph's Command
THE STORY OF THE GREAT CALIPH HAROUN AL RASHID
1. Haroun Al Rashid and the Lady
2. Haroun Al Rashid and Abou Hassan
3. Haroun Al Rashid, Abou Hassan and Heart's Desire
THE STORY OF ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
1. Aladdin and the Magician
2. Aladdin and the lovely Princess
3. Aladdin and the Magician again
THE STORY OF THE POMEGRANATE OF THE SEA
THE STORY OF THE PICKPOCKET AND THE THIEF
THE STORY OF THE MAGIC HORSE
THE STORY OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES
1. Ali Baba and the Cave
2. Ali Baba and Kassim
3. Ali Baba and Morgiana
4. Ali Baba and the Invited Guest
THE STORY OF BIRD AND BIRD-CATCHER
THE STORY OF PRINCE KAMARELZIMAN
1. Prince Kamarelziman, Princess Budoor and the Jinns
2. Budoor and the Search
3. Prince Kamarelziman, Budoor and the Ebony Islands
QUEEN SHAHRAZAD
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