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 Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 84 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Text scanned by JC Byers and proof read by the volunteers of the Distributed Proofreaders site "The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01" by Anonymous is a classic collection of folk tales and stories originating from the Middle Eastern literary tradition, likely compiled during the medieval period. The book is known for its rich storytelling and exotic narratives, framed around the central tale of Scheherazade, who tells stories to delay her execution by the Sultan Schahriar, who has vowed to marry a new woman each day only to execute her the following morning. Through her inventive storytelling, Scheherazade captivates the Sultan and saves her own life. The opening portion introduces the backstory of how Schahriar, after discovering his wife's infidelity, decides to take a new bride each night only to kill her at dawn. This brutal cycle is interrupted by the cleverness of Scheherazade, the vizier's daughter, who volunteers to marry the Sultan. On the first night, she begins narrating a captivating tale about a merchant who encounters a vengeful genie. This interplay of storytelling provides an intricate framework for numerous adventures and moral lessons that follow in subsequent chapters, highlighting themes of infidelity, vengeance, fate, and the power of narration to transform one's destiny. The rich narratives and colorful characters promise an engaging read, drawn from a timeless source of folklore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fairy tales Arabs -- Folklore Folklore -- Arab countries PJ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 1353339 1353211 2024-10-03T05:57:27.774423 2023-10-03T05:58:57.117362 text/html text/html 1353332 1353204 2024-10-03T05:57:28.144409 2023-10-03T05:58:57.386491 text/html text/html 571438 2024-10-03T05:57:41.457363 application/epub+zip 593074 2024-10-03T05:57:31.977393 application/epub+zip 574022 2024-10-03T05:57:30.593384 application/epub+zip 1012857 2024-10-03T05:57:49.522293 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 967782 2024-10-03T05:57:40.477375 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 933486 2022-09-03T08:06:27.114537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1309597 1309520 2024-10-03T05:57:27.088531 2023-10-03T05:58:56.485371 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1304536 2020-12-29T00:42:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 464898 2020-12-29T00:42:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19413 2024-10-03T05:57:49.646299 application/rdf+xml 19103 2024-10-03T05:57:31.130400 image/jpeg 4088 2024-10-03T05:57:30.863388 image/jpeg 560674 2024-10-03T05:57:28.260438 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown