Tales from 1,001 Nights: Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites (Penguin Hardback Classics)

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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba's outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.… (more)

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Some of these stories were contained in the Folio edition. Interesting to compair translations. This edition is much more of an adult book. I began to find some of the stories a little tedious and frustrating in their endless predictable ramblings, but the basic plots were entertaining, and the interwoven culture and customs made the tales worthwhile. Some of the stories I particularly wanted to read were not contained in this volume, so I may have to get the three volume edition another time. (

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I listened to a full-cast recording of volumes 1 & 2 through Audible. They were so well done! I knew pieces of the tales, but not the details. I loved how many strong, smart women are part of the stories. The main character begins telling the stories to the sultan in order to prolong her life, one night at a time. The tales are racier than I was expecting. They also remind me a bit of the stories from Greek and Norse mythology. If you have Audible, I'd highly recommend their recording. (

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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba's outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.

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