The Arabian nights by Sir Richard F. Burton

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The Arabian nights by Sir Richard F. Burton contains 1042 pages and it also contains stories from a “Thousand and one nights”.

“A book that captivates in childhood, and still delights in age”. – Robert Louis Stevenson.

Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry and romance. The Arabian nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage.

Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: a thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.

This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose “the most famous” stories from Sir Richard F. Burton’s multivolume collection.

ISBN  978-0-8129-7214-6

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The Arabian nights by Sir Richard F. Burton.
The Arabian nights by Sir Richard F. Burton.

 

The Arabian nights by Sir Richard F. Burton contains 1042 pages and it also contains stories from a “Thousand and one nights”.

“A book that captivates in childhood, and still delights in age”. – Robert Louis Stevenson.

Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry and romance. The Arabian nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage.

Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: a thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.

This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose “the most famous” stories from Sir Richard F. Burton’s multivolume collection.

ISBN  978-0-8129-7214-6

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Weight 0,5 kg
Dimensions 20 × 15 × 2 cm

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