Status
Available
Local notes
398.2 Lew
Collection
Genres
Publication
Henry Holth & Co (J) (1987), Hardcover, 222 pages
Description
Twenty-seven of the tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.
Language
Original publication date
9th Century AD: Oldest manuscript fragments. Further layers of stories were added over subsequent centuries.
1704: Antoine Galland's French translation.
1706 – c. 1721: Anonymously translated version in English entitled "Arabian Nights' Entertainments".
Physical description
222 p.; 9.5 inches
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Pages
222