Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

Offering unexpurgated translations of the best-loved tales, including such classics as \'Sindbad the Sailor\', Tales from the Thousand and One Nights - sometimes known as the Arabian Nights - is translated with an introduction by N.J. Dawood in Penguin Classics.

The tales told by Scheherazade over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahryar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. From the epic adventures of \'Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp\' to the farcical \'Young Woman and her Five Lovers\' and the social criticism of \'The Tale of the Hunchback\', the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are also anchored to everyday life by their bawdiness and realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Eastern world.

In this selection, N.J. Dawood presents the reader with an unexpurgated translation of the finest and best-known tales, preserving their spirited narrative style in lively modern English. In his introduction, he discusses their origins in the East and their differences from Classical Arabic literature, and examines English translations of the tales since the eighteenth century.

If you enjoyed Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, you might like Snorri Sturlson\'s The Prose Edda, also available in Penguin Classics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Tales from the Thousand and One NightsIntroduction
Invocation
Prologue
The Tale of King Shahriyar and his Brother Shahzaman
The Fable of the Donkey, the Ox, and the Farmer
The Tale of the Hunchback
The Tailor\'s Tale
The Tale of the Lame Young Man and the Barber of Baghdad
The Barber\'s Tale
The Tale of Bakbook, the Barber\'s First Brother
The Tale of Al-Haddar, the Barber\'s Second Brother
The Tale of Bakbak, the Barber\'s Third Brother
The Tale of Al-Kuz, the Barber\'s Fourth Brother
The Tale of Shakashik, the Barber\'s Sixth Brother
The Donkey
The Fisherman and the Jinnee
The Tale of King Yunan and Duban the Doctor
The Tale of King Sindbad and the Falcon
The Tale of the Enchanted King
The Young Woman and Her Five Lovers
Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter
The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Last Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor
The Historic Fart
Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
The Tale of Kafur the Black Eunuch
The Porter and the Three Girls of Baghdad
The Tale of the First Dervish
The Tale of the Second Dervish
The Tale of the Third Dervish
The Tale of the First Girl
The Tale of the Second Girl
The Tale of Khalifah the Fisherman
The Dream
The Tale of Judar and His Brothers
The Tale of Ma\'Aruf the Cobbler
Epilogue