| The Arabian Nights, Volume I: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights Contributor(s): Anonymous (Author), Burton, Richard (Translator), Zipes, Jack (Adapted by) |
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ISBN: 0451530594 ISBN-13: 9780451530592 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound Published: July 2007 Annotation: After King Shahryar had his wife killed for cheating, he began to corrupt-then kill-one virgin a night, as revenge on womankind. Then he meets Scheherazade, who, night after night, saves her own life by telling him fantastical tales of genies, wishes, terror, and passion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Romance - General |
| Dewey: 398.22 |
| LCCN: 2008297319 |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 4.28" W x 6.88" (0.64 lbs) 592 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Enjoy the timeless tales of Aladdin, Sinbad, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and many more in this first volume of The Arabian Nights. Upon learning of his queen's infidelity, proud King Shahryar has her killed. As revenge on womankind, he decides to wed a different virgin every night, only to have her beheaded at dawn. Such is Shahryar's practice for three terrible years--until he weds Scheherazade, the maiden who will change his life.... A breathtaking beauty, Scheherazade is as learned as she is sensuous. Her first night with the king, she uses her imagination, her eloquence, and more than a little cunning to regale him with a tale of genies and wishes, wisely cutting the story short at dawn. The king is so beguiled, he cannot have her murdered without hearing the story's end. From then on, Scheherazade spends nights conjuring stories of flying carpets and fantastical journeys, always stopping with a cliff-hanger--and saving her own life. This edition follows the unexpurgated translation of Richard F. Burton, the renowned Victorian explorer. Intricate and inventive, these stories within stories continue to captivate readers as they have for centuries. |