Tales from 1,001 Nights

Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites

Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites

Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites

By Anonymous
Introduction by Robert Irwin
Translated by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons
Notes by Robert Irwin

By Anonymous
Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
Introduction by Robert Irwin
Translated by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons
Notes by Robert Irwin

By Anonymous
Introduction by Robert Irwin
Translated by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons
Notes by Robert Irwin

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    About Tales from 1,001 Nights

    Now in paperback: the best-loved tales from the acclaimed new translation

    This is the essential one-volume edition of The Arabian Nights, abridged from the celebrated new three-volume translation. Included are the timeless and unforgettable stories of Aladdin, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, and many others, in a handy companion to the landmark translation described a “the most ambitious and thorough” by The Guardian (London).

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Tales from 1,001 Nights

    Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier’s daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder – tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba’s outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.

    About Tales from 1,001 Nights

    Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier’s daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder – tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba’s outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.

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    About Anonymous

    Juan Mascaró taught at Oxford University, Parameshvara College at Jaffna, the University of Barcelona, and Cambridge University. He also translated The Dhammapada and The Upanishads for Penguin Classics. He died in 1987.

    About Anonymous

    Juan Mascaró taught at Oxford University, Parameshvara College at Jaffna, the University of Barcelona, and Cambridge University. He also translated The Dhammapada and The Upanishads for Penguin Classics. He died in 1987.

    About Anonymous

    Juan Mascaró taught at Oxford University, Parameshvara College at Jaffna, the University of Barcelona, and Cambridge University. He also translated The Dhammapada and The Upanishads for Penguin Classics. He died in 1987.

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    Jun 26, 2012 | 528 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780141191669

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