Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

by Anonymous (Author); Dawood, N. J. (Translator); Harvey, William (Illustrator)

• ISBN13: 9780140442892
• ISBN10: 0140442898
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1973-08-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

'Tell me, my sister, some tale of marvel to beguile the night'The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. From the epic adventures of 'Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp' and Sindbad the Sailor' 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 princess. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales form the Thousand and One Nights are also anchored to everyday life by their bawdiness and realism, providing a full and intimate record of the medieval Eastern world.In this section, N.J. Dawood presents the reader with and 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 form Classical Arabic literature, and examines English translations of the tales since the eighteenth century.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(6)
Invocation	13	(2)
PROLOGUE	15	(390)
The Tale of King Shahriyar and his Brother Shahzaman	15	(5)
The Fable of the Donkey, the Ox, and the Farmer	20	(4)
The Tale of the Hunchback	24	(53)
The Tailor's Tale	29	(1)
The Tale of the Lame Young Man and the Barber of Baghdad	30	(14)
The Barber's Tale	44	(1)
The Tale of Bakbook, the Barber's First Brother	45	(5)
The Tale of Al-Haddar, the Barber's Second Brother	50	(3)
The Tale of Bakbak, the Barber's Third Brother	53	(5)
The Tale of Al-Kuz, the Barber's Fourth Brother	58	(3)
The Tale of Al-Ashar, the Barber's Fifth Brother	61	(7)
The Tale of Shakashik, the Barber's Sixth Brother	68	(9)
The Donkey	77	(2)
The Fisherman and The Jinnee	79	(27)
The Tale of King Yunan and Duban the Doctor	84	(4)
The Tale of King Sindbad and the Falcon	88	(10)
The Tale of the Enchanted King	98	(8)
The Young Woman and Her Five Lovers	106	(7)
Sindbad The Sailor and Sindbad The Porter	113	(50)
The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	115	(7)
The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	122	(6)
The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	128	(8)
The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	136	(9)
The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	145	(6)
The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	151	(5)
The Last Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor	156	(7)
The Historic Fart	163	(2)
Aladdin and The Enchanted Lamp	165	(72)
The Tale of Kafur The Black Eunuch	237	(6)
The Porter and The Three Girls of Baghdad	243	(60)
The Tale of the First Dervish	258	(5)
The Tale of the Second Dervish	263	(15)
The Tale of the Third Dervish	278	(11)
The Tale of the First Girl	289	(7)
The Tale of the Second Girl	296	(7)
The Tale of Khalifah The Fisherman	303	(25)
The Dream	328	(2)
The Tale of Judar and His Brothers	330	(42)
The Tale of Ma'aruf The Cobbler	372	(33)
Epilogue	405