TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS

ThebeautifulScheherazade'sroyalhusbandthreatenstokillher,soeachnightshedivertshimbyweavingwonderfultalesoffantasticadventure,leavingeachstoryunfinishedsothathesparesherlifetoheartheendingthenextnight.ThisisthebackgroundtotheArabianNights.Inthisselectionmadebythatmasteroffolkloreandfairy-taleAndrewLang,thereadermeetsAladdinwithhiswonderfullamp,theEnchantedHorse,thePrincessBadoura,SinbadtheSailor,andthegreatCaliphofBagdad,Haroun-al-Raschid.