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The annotated Arabian nights : tales from 1001 nights / edited with an introduction and notes by Paulo Lemos Horta ; translated by Yasmine Seale.

Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Arabic Publication details: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]; ©2021.Edition: First editionDescription: lxix, 733 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1631493639
  • 9781631493638
Uniform titles:
  • Arabian nights. Selections. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.2 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ7716 .A1 T443 2021
Contents:
Tales from Arabic. The story of King Shahriyar and his vizier's daughter, Shahrazad -- The story of the merchant and the jinni -- The story of the fisherman and the jinni -- The story of the porter and the three women of Baghdad -- The story of the three apples -- The story of Dalila the crafty -- The story of Sinbad the sailor -- Tales from French. The story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves -- Ali Khawaja, merchant of Baghdad -- The night adventures of Harun al-Rashid -- Prince Ahmad and the fairy Pari Banu -- The enchanted horse -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The story of the jealous sisters -- Cnclusion to the story of King Shahriyar and his vizier's daughter, Shahrazad -- Hanna Diyab tales. Introduction: Hanna Diyab tales, as transcribed by Galland in his diary -- Hanna Diyab tales included by Galland in the Arabian Nights -- Hanna Diyab tales not included by Galland in the Arabian Nights.
Summary: "A cornerstone of world literature and a monument to the power of storytelling, the Arabian Nights has inspired countless authors, from Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe to Naguib Mahfouz, Clarice Lispector, and Angela Carter. Now, in this lavishly designed and illustrated edition of The Annotated Arabian Nights,...new selection of tales from the Nights, featuring treasured original stories as well as later additions including 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' and 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,' and definitively bringing the Nights out of Victorian antiquarianism and into the twenty-first century."--book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 724-733)

Tales from Arabic. The story of King Shahriyar and his vizier's daughter, Shahrazad -- The story of the merchant and the jinni -- The story of the fisherman and the jinni -- The story of the porter and the three women of Baghdad -- The story of the three apples -- The story of Dalila the crafty -- The story of Sinbad the sailor -- Tales from French. The story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves -- Ali Khawaja, merchant of Baghdad -- The night adventures of Harun al-Rashid -- Prince Ahmad and the fairy Pari Banu -- The enchanted horse -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The story of the jealous sisters -- Cnclusion to the story of King Shahriyar and his vizier's daughter, Shahrazad -- Hanna Diyab tales. Introduction: Hanna Diyab tales, as transcribed by Galland in his diary -- Hanna Diyab tales included by Galland in the Arabian Nights -- Hanna Diyab tales not included by Galland in the Arabian Nights.

"A cornerstone of world literature and a monument to the power of storytelling, the Arabian Nights has inspired countless authors, from Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe to Naguib Mahfouz, Clarice Lispector, and Angela Carter. Now, in this lavishly designed and illustrated edition of The Annotated Arabian Nights,...new selection of tales from the Nights, featuring treasured original stories as well as later additions including 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' and 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,' and definitively bringing the Nights out of Victorian antiquarianism and into the twenty-first century."--book jacket.

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