Arabian Night's Entertainments (The ^AWorld's Classics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192828320 ISBN 13: 9780192828323

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1995

Synopsis

The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from the possible infidelities of his wives leads to an outbreak of barbarity in his realm and to a reign of terror in his court, stopped only by the resourceful Scheherazade. The tales with which she nightly postpones the Sultan's murderous intent have entered our language and our lives like no other collection of stories before or since. Sinbad, Ali Baba, Aladdin: all make their appearance in Arabian Nights' Entertainments. This edition is the only one to offer the complete text of the earliest English translation, and also provides full notes and plot summaries, especially important in a such a sprawling work of great complexity.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Mack is Assistant Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He is also the editor of Oriental Tales in World's Classics.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Arabic

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0192828320
• ISBN 13: 9780192828323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 976
• Editor: Mack Robert L.