The Arabian Nights: Original Translation (Forgotten Books) - Softcover

Holly, Henry Wells

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605067687 ISBN 13: 9781605067681

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2008

Synopsis

Book Description:

"One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars in various countries. These collections of tales trace their roots back to ancient Arabia and Yemen, ancient India, ancient Persia, ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamian Mythology, ancient Syria, and medieval Arabic folk stories from the Caliphate era. Though an original manuscript has never been found several versions date the collection's genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900.

What is common throughout all the editions of The Nights is the initial frame story of the ruler Shahryar and his wife Scheherazade and the framing device incorporated throughout the tales themselves. The stories proceed from this original tale; some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord. Some editions contain only a few hundred nights, while others include 1001 or more "nights."

The collection, or at least certain stories drawn from it (or purporting to be drawn from it) became widely known in the West during the nineteenth century, after it was translated - first into French and then English and other European languages. At this time it acquired the English name The Arabian Nights Entertainment or simply Arabian Nights. The best known stories from The Nights include "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp," "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor." Ironically these particular stories, while they are genuine Middle Eastern folk tales, were not part of the "Nights" in its Arabic versions, but were interpolated into the collection by its early European translators." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; The Story Of King Shahryar And His Brother; The Tale Of The Bull And The Ass; The Fisherman And The Jinni; The Tale Of The Ensorceled Prince; The Porter And The Three Ladies Of Baghdad; The First Kalandar's Tale; The Second Kalandar's Tale; The Third Kalandar's Tale; The Eldest Lady's Tale; The Tale Of The Three Apples; Tale Of Nur Al-din Ali And His Son Badr Al-din Hasan; The City Of Many-columned Iram And Abdullah Son Of Abi Kilabah; The Sweep And The Noble Lady; The Man Who Stole The Dish Of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate; The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through A Dream; The Ebony Horse; The Angel Of Death With The Proud And The Devout Man; Sindbad The Seaman And Sindbad The Landsman; First Voyage Of Sindbad Hight The Seaman; The Second Voyage Of Sindbad The Seaman; The Third Voyage Of Sindbad The Seaman; The Fourth Voyage Of Sindbad The Seaman; The Fifth Voyage Of Sindbad The Seaman; The Sixth Voyage Of Sindbad The Seaman; The Seventh Voyage Of Sindbad The Seaman; The Lady And Her Five Suitors; Khalifah The Fisherman Of Baghdad; Abu Kir The Dyer And Abu Sir The Barber; The Sleeper And The Waker; Story Of The Larrikin And The Cook; Aladdin; Or, The Wonderful Lamp; Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves; Conclusion

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About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1605067687
• ISBN 13: 9781605067681
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472