The Arabian Nights
Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
$44.69
- Paperback
912 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2001
Summary
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending- A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.
This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most fam…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375756757 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375756752 |
| Author: | A.S. Byatt, Sir Richard Francis Burton |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 912 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2001 |
| Weight: | 709g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 48mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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Critics Review
”[A] book…that captivates in childhood, and still delights in age.”
”[A] book…that captivates in childhood, and still delights in age.”
About The Author
A.S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt is the author of The Biographer’s Tale, Elementals, and the Booker Prize winning novel Possession, among other books. She lives in London.
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