The Arabian Nights

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The Arabian Nights

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ISBN: 9780812972146
Autor/in: Anonymous / A.S. Byatt / Richard Francis Burton
Buchformat: Taschenbuch
Verlag: Modern Library
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2004 -6
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Mass Market Paperback
Anzahl der Seiten: 1049

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Übersicht

This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes.

The tales of told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature, as recounted by Sir Francis Burton. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam.'

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