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The Arabian nights : tales of 1001 nights. Volume 1

2010
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A collection of ancient tales from Arabia, India, and Persia. The tales - often stories within stories - are told by the sultana Scheherazade, who relates them as entertainments for her jealous and murderous husband, hoping to keep him amused and herself alive.
Main title:
The Arabian nights : tales of 1001 nights. Volume 1 / translated by Malcolm Lyons and Ursula Lyons ; introduction by Robert Irwin.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2010.
Collation:
992 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Arabic.
ISBN:
9780140449389 (pbk)
Dewey class:
398.20953
Language:
EnglishArabic
BRN:
811657
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