Collins Classics Arabian nights
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0007420102
ISBN 13
9780007420100
Category
GENREF
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., United States
Pages
vi, 415 pages
Subject
Literature
Series Name
Abstract
'For,' said he, 'there never was nor is there one chaste woman upon the face of earth.'
A newlywed Arabian queen avoids execution by keeping her mistrusting king entertained with her stories. By never finishing a story on the night that she begins telling it she keeps him on tenterhooks and by the time she has run out of tales, the king has learnt to love and trust her, so her life is spared. Sir Richard Burton’s translation of Arabian Nights is the most well-known and complete collection of these 9th-century Arabic tales of tragedy, love, erotica, comedy and fable.
A newlywed Arabian queen avoids execution by keeping her mistrusting king entertained with her stories. By never finishing a story on the night that she begins telling it she keeps him on tenterhooks and by the time she has run out of tales, the king has learnt to love and trust her, so her life is spared. Sir Richard Burton’s translation of Arabian Nights is the most well-known and complete collection of these 9th-century Arabic tales of tragedy, love, erotica, comedy and fable.
Description
Monograph ; 18 cm
Include bibliographic references (Life & Times) and glossary of classic literature
Include bibliographic references (Life & Times) and glossary of classic literature
Number of Copies
1
