{"product_id":"the-arabian-nights-isbn-9780375712418","title":"The Arabian Nights","description":"The most famous of all story collections, \u003ci\u003eThe Arabian Nights, \u003c\/i\u003ealso known as \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Thousand and One Nights, \u003c\/i\u003eis beloved around the world. Composed of Persian, Arabic, Greek, Indian, and other sources that accumulated over hundreds of years, these fabulous stories-within-stories have long fired readers’ imaginations with an enchanted world of flying carpets, magic lamps, genies, demons, magicians and sorceresses, carnivorous giants, and bloodthirsty bandits.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Translation has played a key role in the formation of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e as we know it, making it far more prominent in the West than it has ever been in the Arab world. Westerners’ first discovery of some of the tales in the early eighteenth century sparked a feverish thirst for more, which led to compilations that freely adapted, reconfigured, and even added to the originals. The resulting love affair with the art, architecture, literature, cuisine, and culture of the East significantly remapped the European literary landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Editor Wen-chin Ouyang has compiled a carefully chosen selection from influential English translations, showcasing the strengths of different translators, including Richard Burton, Edward Lane, Jonathan Scott, and John Payne. Here are Shahrazad, Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and many more, in the most readable and enjoyable versions available.\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE TALE OF KING SHAHRYAR AND OF HIS BROTHER, KING SHAHZAMAN (Mardrus) \u003cbr\u003eThe Fable of the Ass, the Bull, and the Husbandman \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND THE JINNEE (Lane) \u003cbr\u003eThe Story of the First Sheykh and the Gazelle\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of the Second Sheykh and the Two Black Hounds\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of the Third Sheykh and the Mule\u003cbr\u003eNote on the Jinn, or Genii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI (Mardrus) \u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Wazir of King Yunan and Rayyan the Doctor\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of King Sindbad and the Falcon\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Prince and the Ogress\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Young Man and the Fishes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE TALE OF THE PORTER AND THE YOUNG GIRLS (Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003eThe First Calender’s Story (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eThe Second Calender’s Story (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eStory of the Envier and the Envied (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eStory of the Third Calender (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Zubaidah, the First of the Girls (Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Portress Aminah (Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE HUNCHBACK’S TALE (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eThe Christian Broker’s Story (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eThe Controller’s Story (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eThe Jewish Physician’s Story (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eThe Tailor’s Story (Payne)\u003cbr\u003eThe Barber’s Tale of Himself (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eThe Barber’s Tale of his First Brother (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eThe Barber’s Tale of His Second Brother (Burton) \u003cbr\u003eThe Barber’s Tale of His Third Brother (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eThe Barber’s Tale of His Fourth Brother (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eThe Barber’s Tale of His Fifth Brother (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eThe Barber’s Tale of His Sixth Brother (Burton) \u003cbr\u003eThe End of the Tailor’s Tale (Burton)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY OF THE THREE APPLES (Lane)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE TALE OF KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE PRINCESS BUDUR, MOON OF MOONS \u003cbr\u003e(Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR\u003cbr\u003eSindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter (Dawood) \u003cbr\u003eThe First Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea (Lane)\u003cbr\u003eThe Second Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea (Lane)\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea (Lane)\u003cbr\u003eThe Fourth Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea (Lane)\u003cbr\u003eThe Fifth Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea (Lane)\u003cbr\u003eThe Sixth Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea (Lane)\u003cbr\u003eThe Seventh Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea (Lane)\u003cbr\u003eConclusion (Dawood) \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY OF THE CITY OF BRASS (Lane)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE CITY OF LABTAYT (Burton)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE STRANGE KHALIFAH (Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE SLEEPER AND THE WAKER (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of the Larrikin and the Cook (Payne)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE ROGUERIES OF DELILEH THE CRAFTY AND HER DAUGHTER ZEYNEB \u003cbr\u003eTHE TRICKSTRESS (Payne)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE TALE OF ZUMURRUD THE BEAUTIFUL, AND OF ALI SHAR, SON OF GLORY (Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM (Payne)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID (Burton) \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY OF JULLANAR OF THE SEA (Lane)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY OF ’ABD ALLAH OF THE LAND AND ’ABD ALLAH OF THE SEA (Lane)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMA’ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE (Burton and Page)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION AND EPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003eConclusion (1) (Grub Street Edition) \u003cbr\u003eConclusion (2) (Scott) \u003cbr\u003eEpilogue (Dawood) \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eORPHAN TALES \u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY OF ALADDIN, OR THE MAGIC LAMP (Lyons) \u003cbr\u003eTHE TALE OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES (Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003ePRINCE AHMAD AND THE FAIRY PERI-BANU (Burton)\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAGIC TALE OF THE EBONY HORSE (Mardrus)\u003cbr\u003eGLOSSARY\u003cbr\u003e“This anthology really is the best of the best, a compelling collection of eye-openingly timeless tales that work for all ages.” —\u003ci\u003eThe National\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEditor Wen-chin Ouyang, an expert on medieval Arabic literature at SOAS, University of London, has compiled a carefully chosen selection from influential English translations, showcasing the strengths of different translators, including Richard Burton, Edward Lane, Jonathan Scott, and John Payne. Here are Shahrazad, Sindbad the Sailor, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and many more, in the most readable and enjoyable versions available.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233617686757,"sku":"NP9780375712418","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375712418.jpg?v=1767738117","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-arabian-nights-isbn-9780375712418","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}