Project Gutenberg 2016-02-20 Public domain in the USA. 3523 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir 1821 1890 Baker, Frank Burton, R. F. (Richard F.), Sir Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Richard F. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10) Here is the listing of titles for the entire series, which span multiple digitization efforts: Volume 1: #3435, #51252 Volume 2: #3436, #51775 Volume 3: #3437, #52564 Volume 4: #3438, #53254 Volume 5: #3439, #54257 Volume 6: #3440, #54525 Volume 7: #3441, #54778 Volume 8: #3442, #55091 Volume 9: #3443, #55587 Volume 10: #3444, #58360 Supplement Volume 1: #3445, #59156 Supplement Volume 2: #3446, #59953 Supplement Volume 3: #3447, #60889 (part 1), #61974 (part 2) Supplement Volume 4: #3448, #62140 Supplement Volume 5: #3449, #63266 Supplement Volume 6: #3450, #64384 Produced by Richard Tonsing, Richard Hulse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" by Richard F. Burton is a comprehensive collection of Middle Eastern folk tales that dates back to the late 19th century. This volume offers an unabridged version of the classic "Arabian Nights," aiming to provide readers with a faithful rendering of the original texts, complete with poetic elements and rich cultural details. The general theme revolves around enchanting stories filled with adventure, romance, and moral lessons, notably featuring the iconic character of Scheherazade, who narrates these tales to captivate and ultimately save her life from the wrath of King Shahryar. At the start of the work, we are introduced to the story of King Shahryar and his brother, King Shah Zaman. After engaging in a royal hunt, Shahryar yearns to reunite with his brother and sends a Wazir to invite him. However, upon returning to his palace, Shah Zaman discovers his wife in an act of infidelity. This betrayal leads him to share his grief with Shahryar, who is similarly shocked when he realizes that women are untrustworthy. In fury, he vows to marry a new woman each night only to have her killed by dawn. This sets the stage for the introduction of Shahrazad, who proposes to marry the king and thus begins her tale of survival through storytelling, reflecting the themes of fate, treachery, and the complexities of relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Folklore -- Arab countries Fairy tales -- Arab countries PJ Text Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Classics of Literature 1303926 2025-08-20T13:56:41.247251 text/html 1233101 2025-05-21T09:23:34 text/html 1883345 2025-08-20T13:56:59.053015 application/epub+zip 1904837 2025-08-20T13:56:44.585086 application/epub+zip 687529 2025-08-20T13:56:42.810268 application/epub+zip 2304522 2025-08-20T13:57:09.233028 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2183250 2025-08-20T13:56:57.161057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 773092 2022-09-23T10:29:31.577565 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1042855 2025-08-20T13:56:38.189165 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1004194 2025-05-21T09:23:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18287 2025-08-20T13:57:09.416951 application/rdf+xml 6129 2025-08-20T13:56:43.188091 image/jpeg 1621 2025-08-20T13:56:42.998187 image/jpeg 1873759 2025-08-20T13:56:41.389093 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia