The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights

Fullofmischief,valor,ribaldry,andromance,TheArabianNightshasenthralledreadersforcenturies.ThesearethetalesthatsavedthelifeofShahrazad,whosehusband,theking,executedeachofhiswivesafterasinglenightofmarriage.Beginninganenchantingstoryeachevening,Shahrazadalwayswithheldtheending:Athousandandonenightslater,herlifewassparedforever.Thisvolumereproducesthe1932ModernLibraryedition,forwhichBennettA.CerfchosethemostfamousandrepresentativestoriesfromSirRichardF.Burton'smultivolumetranslation,andincludesBurton'sextensiveandacclaimedexplanatorynotes.Thesetales,includingAlaeddin;or,theWonderfulLamp,SinbadtheSeamanandSinbadtheLandsman,andAliBabaandtheFortyThieves,haveenteredintothepopularimagination,demonstratingthatShahrazad'sspellremainsunbroken.