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Zusatztext "If you have the time to read for pure entertainment! pick up this volume. First published in 1870! and reprinted with illustrations from the 1893 edition of King Vikram and the Vampire ! we have a centennial edition here that is highly recommended to everyone. Delightful Hindu fairy stories! which also contain much interesting information on Indian customs and manners from ages past." Informationen zum Autor Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-1890) was one of the greatest traveler-explorers of history, whose life has recently been chronicled both in biography (Captain Sir Richard Burton) and film (Mountains of the Moon). Famous as the translator of The 1001 Arabian Nights, Burton also searched for the headwaters of the Nile, and was the discoverer of the central lakes of Africa. Orientalist, prolific author, and member of the Royal Geographic Society, he was one of the most remarkable and controversial men of his century. Klappentext LITERATURE / HINDUISM FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1870, these witty and spirited legends established the literary foundations for the Arabian Nights. The tales first appeared in Sanskrit as the Baital-Pachisi, a collection of Hindu stories told by the baital (a vampire or mischievous spirit). They center on the adventures of the great King Vikram--the King Arthur of the East--who has promised delivery of the vampire to a magician. Pulling the vampire out of a tree, Vikram stuffs him in a sack and sets off on his journey. But the loquacious baital has his own designs and proceeds to instruct the king with a series of tales of the deception, villainy, and folly of human beings. As revealing today as they were in their own time, these stories will entertain and delight modern readers while illuminating the life and customs of classical India. This reprint from the 1893 limited edition contains 34 black-and-white illustrations, including the frontispiece designed especially for that edition. Orientalist, prolific author, and traveler-explorer, SIR RICHARD F. BURTON (1821-1890) was one of the most remarkable and controversial men of his century. He is famous as the translator of The 1001 Arabian Nights, the Kama Sutra, the Ananga-Ranga, and the Perfumed Garden. Zusammenfassung Translated from the original Sanskrit by the noted Victorian Orientalist! Sir Richard Burton! these ancient Indian folk tales influenced such later works as 1001 Arabian Nights and Boccaccio's Decameron . As revealing today as they were in their own time! these stories will entertain and delight modern readers while illuminating the life and customs of classical India. This reprint from the 1893 limited edition contains 34 black-and-white illustrations! including the frontispiece designed especially for that edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Preface to the First (1870) Edition Introduction The Vampire's First Story In which a Man deceives a Woman The Vampire's Second Story Of the Relative Villany of Men and Women The Vampire's Third Story Of a High-minded Family The Vampire's Fifth Story Of the Thief who Laughed and Wept The Vampire's Sixth Story In which Three Men dispute about a Woman The Vampire's Seventh Story Showing the exceeding Folly of many wise Fools The Vampire's Eighth Story Of the Use and Misuse of Magic Pills The Vampire's Ninth Story Showing that a Man's Wife belongs not to his Body but to his Head The Vampire's Tenth Story Of the Marvellous Delicacy the Three Queens The Vampire's Eleventh Story Which Puzzles Raja Vikram Conclusion...
