The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights

By Kate Douglas Wiggin, and Nora A. Smith
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“One feels like getting lost in...[The Arabian Nights], one knows that entering that book one can forget one’s own poor human fate; one can enter a world, a world made up of of archetypal figures but also of individuals.”

Jorge Luis Borges

This collection of some of the best-known and best-loved tales from The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, or The Thousand and One Nights, includes the stories of Sinbad and his voyages, Ali Baba and the cave of the forty thieves, Aladdin and his wonderful lamp, and seven more fantastic tales.

In this treasure house of the imagination, you will find golden palaces, gem-studded caves, and mythical beasts; you will unearth magic lamps, take long voyages to exotic shores, and encounter acts of deceit and revenge as well as kindness and generosity. These highly entertaining stories that have enchanted readers for centuries are narrated here in a clear and direct style that renders them fresh and exciting.

The stories included in this collection are:

“The Talking Bird, the Singing Tree, and the Golden Water” 
“The Story of the Fisherman and the Genie”
“The History of the Young King of the Black Isles”
“The Story of Gulnare of the Sea”
“The Story of Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp”
“The Story of Prince Agib”
“The Story of the City of Brass”
“The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”
“The History of Codadad and His Brothers”
“The Story of Sinbad the Voyager”

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  1. Bertie Wooster
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    Sultans in China? Muslims who Drink? Why not?

    None of it makes any sense, but that's not important. It's the tales that count, and these are superb yarns, superbly read by Johanna Ward. Getting the original versions--or at least versions closer to the originals than those horrible stop-action monster movies of Sinbad that haunted my afternoons when I was young--was a real treat (and a nice change after the intricate plotting and counter-plotting of A Woman in White). Yet another Classic that I should have read years ago, finally enjoyed through my ear buds on the train home from work. This recording would be a not-at-all bad way to introduce one's own offspring to Sinbad, Ali Baba, The Talking Bird, Aladdin and all the other the heroes, villains and cannibals who populate this enchanted world.

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