It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English language edition (1706), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights Entertainment.The original concept is most likely derived from an ancient Sassanid Persian prototype that relied partly on Indian elements, but the work as we have it was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars across the Middle East and North Africa.Click Get Books and find your favorite books in the online library.
Create free account to access unlimited books, fast download and ads free We cannot guarantee that 1001 Arabian Nights book is in the library. Join Scheherazade as she spins story after story for her husband, the King, and tells him the timeless tales of Sindbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp and many more. A world of magic and adventure await you in this latest book from Galleons Lap. It is often known in English as Arabian Nights, from the first English language edition (1706), which named the title, Arabian Nights Entertainments. Originally, there were 12 volumes published, totaling more than 2,000 pages. Arabian Nights Book Full Sized PaperbackThis full sized paperback edition has been restored for a modern audience, and contains the 3 most popular and well known sagas from Arabian Nights, including the complete Seven Voyages of Sindbad, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, as well as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Excerpt from The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved Scarcely had they finished their repast, when there appeared in the air, at a considerable distance, two great clouds. The captain of my ship, knowing by experience what they meant, said they were the male and female parents of the roc, and pressed us to re-embark with all speed, to prevent the misfortune which he saw would otherwise befall us. The two rocs approached with a frightful noise, which they redoubled when they saw the egg broken, and their young one gone. They flew back in the direction they had come, and disappeared for some time, while we made all the sail we could in the endeavor to prevent that which unhappily befell us. They soon returned, and we observed that each of them carried between its talons an enormous rock. When they came directly over my ship, they hovered, and one of them let go his rock; but by the dexterity of the steersman it missed us and fell into the sea. The other so exactly hit the middle of the ship as to split it into pieces. The mariners and passengers were all crushed to death or fell into the sea. I myself was of the number of the latter; but, as I came up again, I fortunately caught hold of a piece of the wreck, and swimming, sometimes with one hand and sometimes with the other, but always holding fast the plank, the wind and the tide favoring me, I came to an island, and got s. There they are joined by a mysterious yet beautiful woman from Sinbads past who offers to guide Sinbad on his dangerous quest. The tales - often stories within stories - are told by the sultana Scheherazade, who relates them as entertainments for her jealous and murderous husband, hoping to keep him amused and herself alive. Though early Islamic critics condemned the tales vulgarity and worldliness, the West has admired their robust, bawdy humour and endless inventiveness since the first translations appeared in Europe in the eighteenth century. Today these stories stand alongside the fables of Aesop, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, and the folklore of Hans Christian Andersen as some of the Western literary traditions most-quoted touchstones. There they are joined by a mysterious yet beautiful woman from Sinbads past who offers to guide Sinbad on his dangerous quest.a quest that will take them to the lost City of the Dead. Dont miss this series that reinvents the legend of Sinbad, as he and his eclectic crew set out on yet another incredible adventure.
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