The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night – Volume 2
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The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night – Volume 2
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This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found for the collection, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the second of sixteen volumes translated by Burton.(based on Wikipedia article)First Page:
This etext was produced by J.C. Byers at jcbyers@capitalnet.com. Proofreaders were: J.C. Byers, Laura Shaffer, Lan Wang, Doris Ringbloom THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton VOLUME TWO Privately Printed By The Burton Club To John Payne, Esq. My Dear Sir, Allow me thus publicly to express my admiration of your magnum opus, "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night;" and to offer you my cordial thanks for honouring me with the dedication of that scholar like and admirable version. Ever yours sincerely, Richard F... Continue reading book >>
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