| ISBN |
9780140449389 (paperback) |
| Title |
The Arabian nights : tales of 1001 nights. Volume 1, Nights 1 to 294 / translated by Malcolm C. Lyons with Ursula Lyons ; introduced and annotated by Robert Irwin. |
| Published |
London : Penguin, 2010. |
| ©2008. |
| Description |
xxv, 982 pages : maps ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
Translated from the Arabic. |
| Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"When the beautiful Shahrazad gives herself to the bloody-handed King Shahriyar, she is not expected to survive beyond dawn. But using all her wit and guile, she begins a sequence of stories that will last 1001 nights: stories of ìfrits and money-changers, princes and slave girls, fishermen and queens, and magical gardens of paradise. This volume also includes the well-known tale of Àli Baba and the Forty Thieves'." "Along with this landmark new translation, Robert Irwin's introduction discusses the many cultures The Arabian Nights has drawn on and the elaborate structure of the story-within-a-story that defines the collection, as well as the importance to the Nights of locked doors, sex and the recurring themes of money, merchants and debts. This edition also contains suggestions for further reading, a glossary, maps and a chronology."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subjects |
Tales -- Arabian Peninsula |
| Arabs -- Folklore |
| Fables, Arabic |
| Legends -- Arab countries |
| Other Names |
Lyons, M. C. (Malcolm Cameron) translator. |
| Lyons, U. (Ursula) translator. |
| Irwin, Robert, 1946- writer of added commentary, author of introduction, etc. |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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