Arabian Nights - Tales of 1001 Nights Bk. 3

Zusatztext "A magnificent! unexpurgated edition of the greatest collection of folk tales in the world . . .  The Arabian Nights  is not a book to be read in a week. It is an ocean of stories to be dipped into over a lifetime. And this new Penguin edition is the one to have."  — The Sunday Times  (London)   "The translation . . . ought to become the standard one for the present century."  — The Times Literary Supplement   "These magnificent volumes are the most ambitious and thorough translation into English of  The Arabian Nights  since the age of Queen Victoria and the British Empire."  — The Guardian   "This new translation of the world's greatest collection of folk stories restores their colour and verve."  — The Sunday Times  (London) Informationen zum Autor Anonymous; Traslated by Malcolm C. Lyons with Ursula Lyons; Introduced and Annotated by Robert Irwin Klappentext The most significant translation in one hundred years of one of the greatest works of world literature From Ali Baba and the forty thieves to the voyages of Sinbad, the stories of The Arabian Nights are timeless and unforgettable. Published here in three volumes, this magnificent new edition brings these tales to life for modern readers in the first complete English translation since Richard Burton's of the 1880s. Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, and the next morning puts her to death. To end this brutal pattern, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king enchanting tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, of the Angel of Death and magical spirits, and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps-a sequence of stories that will last 1,001 nights, and that will save her own life. Zusammenfassung Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights....

Product details

• Authors: Anonymous, Robert Irwin, Malcolm Lyons, Malcolm C. Lyons, Ursula Lyons
• Assisted by: Robert Irwin (Introduction), Malcolm Lyons (Translation), Malcolm C Lyons (Translation), Malcolm C. Lyons (Translation), Ursula Lyons (Translation), Lyons Malcolm (Translation), Lyons Ursula (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.02.2010
• EAN: 9780140449402
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044940-2
• No. of pages: 880
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics; The Arabian Nights
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, Myth & legend told as fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Classic fiction: general and literary