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The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. by Lane, Lane-Poole, Poole, and Harvey
"The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I" by Lane, Lane-Poole, Poole, and Harvey is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. A desperate king executes virgin brides each morning until clever Scheherazade saves herself through storytelling, weaving tales each night that end in cliffhangers. Her stories span historical tales, love stories, and adventures featuring jinn, sorcerers, and legendary places—each one buying her another day of life across one thousand and one nights. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Translator | Lane, Edward William, 1801-1876 |
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| Author of introduction, etc. | Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 |
| Editor | Poole, Edward Stanley, 1830-1867 |
| Illustrator | Harvey, William, 1796-1866 |
| Title | The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights |
| Credits | Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures |
| Subject | Tales -- Arab countries |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 34206 |
| Release Date | Nov 3, 2010 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 30808 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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