Tales from 1,001 Nights
Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites
$34.99
- Hardcover
528 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2019
Summary
An enchanting clothbound edition of the essential tales drawn from the acclaimed translation of The Arabian Nights.
Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. T…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241382714 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241382718 |
| Author: | Malcolm Lyons, Ursula Lyons, Robert Irwin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 648g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 137mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
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“For the past decade, Penguin has been producing handsome hardcover versions of their classics (…) both elegant and quirky in shocks of bright color” - The New York Times
A magnificent edition of the greatest collection of folk tales in the world … an ocean of stories to be dipped into over a lifetime. And this new Penguin edition is the one to have. Settle back, pour a glass of wine and sail away with Sinbad to the Island of Serendib – Christopher Hart * The Sunday Times *
About The Author
Malcolm Lyons
Malcolm Lyons is a Life Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. His published works include the biography Saladin, The Politics of the Holy War, The Arabian Epic and Identification and Identity in Classical Arabic Poetry.
Ursula Lyons is Emeritus Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge and specializes in modern Arabic literature.
Robert Irwin is the author of For Lust of Knowing- The Orientalists and Their Enemies, The Middle East in the Middle Ages and The Arabian Nights- A Companion. His novels include The Limits of Vision, The Arabian Nightmare, The Mysteries of Algiers and Satan Wants Me.
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