Project Gutenberg 2005-03-15 Public domain in the USA. 113 Galland, Antoine 1646 1715 Arabian nights. French Les mille et une nuits - Tome premier Reading ease score: 70.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Ebooks libres et gratuits; this text is also available at http://www.ebooksgratuits.com in Word format, Mobipocket Reader format, eReader format and Acrobat Reader format "Les mille et une nuits - Tome premier" by Antoine Galland is a collection of classic Middle Eastern folktales, translated in the early 18th century. This enchanting collection is built around the tale of Scheherazade, who narrates a series of stories to delay her execution by the king who has sworn to kill her after one night. Through her clever storytelling, the book explores themes of fate, treachery, love, and the power of narrative itself. The opening portion introduces readers to the frame story of Scheherazade, who volunteers to marry Sultan Schahriar, a ruler tormented by betrayal. In her first night, she begins narrating a tale about a merchant who unwittingly kills the son of a vengeful genie, leading to the merchant's desperate attempts to avoid execution. As the story unfolds, it captivates both the Sultan and readers alike, setting the stage for a series of interwoven tales filled with intrigue, moral lessons, and suspense. The reader is drawn into a world of adventure and fantasy, leaving them eager to discover what happens next. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Fairy tales Tales -- Arab countries PJ Text FR Contes Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 910802 910586 2024-10-07T05:15:56.541959 2023-09-07T07:01:11.156111 text/html text/html 910795 910579 2024-10-07T05:15:56.862983 2023-09-07T07:01:11.377107 text/html text/html 389671 2024-10-07T05:16:06.565888 application/epub+zip 404650 2024-10-07T05:15:59.166963 application/epub+zip 1993157 2020-12-14T07:51:28 text/rtf 731702 2005-03-15T15:55:34 text/rtf application/zip 404649 2024-10-07T05:15:57.795927 application/epub+zip 808945 2024-10-07T05:16:13.684868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 713759 2024-10-07T05:16:05.677921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686946 2022-09-07T21:25:08.186127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 872968 872803 2024-10-07T05:15:55.981974 2023-09-07T07:01:10.657087 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 850984 2020-12-14T07:51:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 304204 2020-12-14T07:51:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21608 2024-10-07T05:16:13.820842 application/rdf+xml 16735 2024-10-07T05:15:58.341926 image/jpeg 3998 2024-10-07T05:15:58.067933 image/jpeg 380698 2024-10-07T05:15:56.943967 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia