The Arabian Nights
$66.02
- Hardcover
952 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2014
Summary
This edition brings together all the core tales – such as ‘The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor’, ‘The Hunchback’s Tale’ and ‘The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad’ – and the most famous ‘orphan’ tales (such as ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Ali Baba’). It also includes a selection of stories taken from editions produced in Calcutta and Egypt in the early 19th century, many of which were not included in previous editions.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841593616 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841593613 |
| Author: | Queen Shahrazad, Wen-Chin Ouyang |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 952 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 809g |
| Dimensions: | 40mm x 140mm x 211mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
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Queen Shahrazad
Wen-chin Ouyang is Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at SOAS, University of London. Her published books include Literary Criticism in Medieval Arabic-Islamic Culture and Poetics of Love in the Arabic Novel. She has also written widely on the Arabian Nights. Born in Taiwan and raised in Libya, she is a native speaker of both Arabic and Chinese.
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