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"The Arabian Nights Entertainments" by Andrew Lang is a collection of fairy tales and folk stories compiled during the late 19th century. This work serves as an English translation of the classic tales of "The Arabian Nights," showcasing a variety of enchanting narratives that often involve themes of adventure, love, and moral lessons. The opening chapters introduce significant characters such as Sultan Schahriar and his clever wife, Scheherazade, who narrates the stories to survive the Sultan's deadly decree against women. The opening of the book sets the stage for the intriguing framework of Scheherazade's storytelling as a means of saving her own life and the lives of other women. As she volunteers to marry Sultan Schahriar, who has been executing his brides each day, she devises a clever plan to postpone her fate. Each night, she captivates the Sultan’s attention with an incomplete tale, leaving him curious for more. The first story she tells involves a merchant and a vengeful genius, unfolding into a sequence of stories that eventually weave into a larger narrative tapestry, each revealing the complexity of human nature and the whimsicality of fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) ... Read more Show less

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Author	Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Title	The Arabian Nights Entertainments
Contents	The story of the merchant and the genius -- The story of the first old man and of the hind -- The story of the second old man and of the two black dogs -- The story of the fisherman -- The story of the Greek king and the physician Douban -- The story of the husband and the parrot -- The story of the vizir who was punished -- The story of the young king of the black isles -- The story of the three Calenders, sons of kings, and of five ladies of Bagdad -- The story of the first Calender, son of a king -- The story of the second Calender, son of a king -- The story of the envious man, and of him who was envied -- The story of the third Calendar, son of a king -- The seven voyages of Sindbad the sailor -- The little hunchback -- The story of the barber's fifth brother -- The story of the barber's sixth brother -- The adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura -- Noureddin and the fair Persian -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, caliph of Bagdad -- Story of the blind Baba-Abdalla -- The story of Sidi-Noumann -- Story of Ali Cogia, merchant of Bagdad -- The enchanted horse -- The story of two sisters who were jealous of their younger sister.
Credits	Produced by Christy Phillips and John Hamm. HTML version by Al Haines.
Reading Level	Reading ease score: 72.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language	English
LoC Class	PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
LoC Class	PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject	Fairy tales
Subject	Children's stories
Subject	Arabs -- Folklore
Subject	Folklore -- Arab countries
Subject	Tales -- Arab countries
Subject	Fairy tales -- Arab countries
Category	Text
eBook-No.	128
ISBN (HTML)	979-8-238-00128-9
Release Date	May 1, 1994
Last Update	Dec 6, 2024
Copyright	Public domain in the USA.
Downloads	5809 downloads in the last 30 days.

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