The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Description

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments is a book by Andrew Lang, first published in 1898. Lang's retelling gathers a selection of the rich, imaginative tales from the long oral and written tradition commonly called the One Thousand and One Nights. Rendered for a late-Victorian readership, these stories—featuring Scheherazade, voyaging merchants, genies, enchanted islands and clever trickery - are presented as adventurous, moral and fantastical narratives that have long captured readers’ imaginations. Lang’s edition sits comfortably between scholarly translation and popular retelling: it aims to make Middle Eastern folk tales accessible to English readers while preserving the sense of wonder and narrative rhythm of the originals. Because of its clear prose, engaging structure, and period illustration tradition, this volume has been used for over a century by collectors, students of folklore, and families seeking classic fairy-tale style storytelling. It remains a useful gateway to the Arabian Nights cycle for readers interested in classical tales, traditional storytelling, and the history of children's and folk literature.

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Formats: PDF, epub, AZW3
Page Count (PDF): 179
Word Count: 111,373
Illustrations: No
Footnotes: No
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