Project Gutenberg 2016-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 434 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir 1821 1890 Baker, Frank Burton, R. F. (Richard F.), Sir Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard F. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 01 (of 17) Produced by Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" by Richard F. Burton is a comprehensive collection of Middle Eastern folk tales that dates back to the late 19th century. This volume offers an unabridged version of the classic "Arabian Nights," aiming to provide readers with a faithful rendering of the original texts, complete with poetic elements and rich cultural details. The general theme revolves around enchanting stories filled with adventure, romance, and moral lessons, notably featuring the iconic character of Scheherazade, who narrates these tales to captivate and ultimately save her life from the wrath of King Shahryar. At the start of the work, we are introduced to the story of King Shahryar and his brother, King Shah Zaman. After engaging in a royal hunt, Shahryar yearns to reunite with his brother and sends a Wazir to invite him. However, upon returning to his palace, Shah Zaman discovers his wife in an act of infidelity. This betrayal leads him to share his grief with Shahryar, who is similarly shocked when he realizes that women are untrustworthy. In fury, he vows to marry a new woman each night only to have her killed by dawn. This sets the stage for the introduction of Shahrazad, who proposes to marry the king and thus begins her tale of survival through storytelling, reflecting the themes of fate, treachery, and the complexities of relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Folklore -- Arab countries Fairy tales -- Arab countries PJ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 1298953 1298939 2024-09-21T11:43:54.398592 2023-09-22T08:47:58.716948 text/html text/html 1278401 2017-07-27T14:13:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 1767298 2017-07-27T17:17:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1830111 2024-09-21T11:44:13.666481 application/epub+zip 1850988 2024-09-21T11:43:57.778546 application/epub+zip 556015 2024-09-21T11:43:56.169538 application/epub+zip 2180667 2024-09-21T11:44:24.891428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2049752 2024-09-21T11:44:11.975468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 773092 2022-09-23T10:29:31.577565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1043346 1043150 2024-09-21T11:43:51.114579 2023-09-22T08:47:55.540401 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1043374 2016-02-25T11:03:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 408361 2017-07-27T17:17:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18784 2024-09-21T11:44:25.047393 application/rdf+xml 10347 2024-09-21T11:43:56.402545 image/jpeg 2292 2024-09-21T11:43:56.286535 image/jpeg 1774917 2024-09-21T11:43:54.546561 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 en.wikipedia