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Bookmark or Share- The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night - WikipediaThe Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1888), subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is the only complete English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights (the Arabian Nights) to date – a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the ...
- One Thousand and One Nights - WikipediaIt is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. 1706–1721), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment. [2] The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and North Africa.
- The Thousand and One Nights | Summary, Themes, & Facts ...The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories. The date and authorship of its stories are uncertain. Its tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have become part of Western folklore.
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Arabian Nights ...The Arabian Nights was introduced to Europe in a French translation by Antoine Galland in 1704, and rapidly attained a unique popularity. There are even accounts of the translator being roused from sleep by bands of young men under his windows in Paris, importuning him to tell them another story.
- Arabian Nights - Encyclopedia.comThe Arabian Nights revolves around the tale of two ruler brothers, Shahriyar and Shahzaman, who are both traumatized by the infidelity of their wives. Seeing his wife in the midst of a sexual act with a slave, Shahriyar goes off on a trip with his brother who has experienced the same trauma.
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