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Title: The Arabian Nights : Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Modern Library Classics) by RICHARD BURTON ISBN: 0-375-75675-2 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 10 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.04 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful tales and an excellent look at Arabic culture
Comment: We are all familiar with the stories of Ali Baba, Aladdin, and Sinbad. But where did these tales come from? The answer lies in this wonderful (condensed) volume known as the 'Arabian Nights.'
The story is of a woman, Scheherazade, who marries a king. The king's custom is to spend one night with a woman and execute her in the morning. To avoid this, Scheherazade tells him a tale, but leaves part of it unfinished, thus gaining the king's interest and insuring her survival for another day so she can finish the tale. Being clever, she never finishes it, but keeps it continuously going, until the king finally spares her life.
The stories presented here, though often somewhat crude, have great moral lessons to be learned. The serve as a sort of moral reminder as to how a good person should act.
When Richard Burton translated the Nights, he collected as many manuscripts as possible and pieced together the tales. Many had been created centuries earlier, and were often told during gatherings among friends. Burton, through his unparalelled knack for translation, managed to capture all the magic and mystery that are the Arabian Nights.
Besides the delightful stories and good lessons to be learned, the Nights serve another purpose--they provide an intimate look at the culture of the time. By examining their legends, one can gain a basic understanding of how Arabic culture functions. There is as much to be learned about the people who tell these stories as there is from the stories themselves.
I read this book for historical and cultural value, and found it to be abundant in both. Besides that, though, I encountered a mesmerizing set of tales which will be entertaining to any audience, even (after some revision and editing) children.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic for all ages
Comment: I have been searching for an Arabian Nights book for months. The only books I found were rewrites for children. Then I came across this masterpiece. While it was alittle hard to read at first (because of the old english used), I was soon drawn into the enchanting stories held within. This has all the classic "Nights" tales that we grew up with (Alladin, Ali Babba, Sinbad) plus many, many more! They will undoubtably grab you and draw you in. I highly recommend this to anyone! You won't be dissapointed!
Rating: 1
Summary: Some Nights Are Missing
Comment: This is not the Complete Arabian Nights, some nights are missing, I bought this E-Book for a particular night- "Ma'aruf The Cobbler And His Wife Fatimah", but it was not there.
I think it's better to buy the Paperback edition to get all 1001 nights, or what we Arabs call it "Alf Laila wa Laila".
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Title: The Arabian Nights (Everyman's Library) by Husain Haddawy, Muhsin Mahdi ISBN: 0679413383 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Perfumed Garden by Richard Francis Burton ISBN: 0892814438 Publisher: Inner Traditions International Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al Madinah and Mecca (Volume 1) by Richard F. Burton ISBN: 0486212173 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1964 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: A Biography by Edward Rice ISBN: 030681028X Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui: A Manual of Arabian Erotology (Signet Classics (Paperback)) by Umar Ibn Muhammad Nafzawi, Shik Netzawi, Mary S. Lovell, Richard Francis Burton ISBN: 0451526597 Publisher: Signet Classics Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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