Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 123 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights Text scanned by JC Byers and proof read by the volunteers of the Distributed Proofreaders site "The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01" by Anonymous is a classic collection of folk tales and stories originating from the Middle Eastern literary tradition, likely compiled during the medieval period. The book is known for its rich storytelling and exotic narratives, framed around the central tale of Scheherazade, who tells stories to delay her execution by the Sultan Schahriar, who has vowed to marry a new woman each day only to execute her the following morning. Through her inventive storytelling, Scheherazade captivates the Sultan and saves her own life. The opening portion introduces the backstory of how Schahriar, after discovering his wife's infidelity, decides to take a new bride each night only to kill her at dawn. This brutal cycle is interrupted by the cleverness of Scheherazade, the vizier's daughter, who volunteers to marry the Sultan. On the first night, she begins narrating a captivating tale about a merchant who encounters a vengeful genie. This interplay of storytelling provides an intricate framework for numerous adventures and moral lessons that follow in subsequent chapters, highlighting themes of infidelity, vengeance, fate, and the power of narration to transform one's destiny. The rich narratives and colorful characters promise an engaging read, drawn from a timeless source of folklore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fairy tales Arabs -- Folklore Folklore -- Arab countries PJ Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Classics of Literature 1353511 2025-08-03T04:55:00.921190 text/html 1353332 2025-01-09T20:00:04.181372 text/html 571503 2025-08-03T04:55:13.026657 application/epub+zip 593047 2025-08-03T04:55:04.378219 application/epub+zip 573995 2025-08-03T04:55:03.114165 application/epub+zip 1012913 2025-08-03T04:55:20.260628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 967782 2025-08-03T04:55:12.175684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 933486 2022-09-03T08:06:27.114537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1309597 2025-08-03T04:55:00.299226 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1304536 2020-12-29T00:42:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17990 2025-08-03T04:55:20.394594 application/rdf+xml 19103 2025-08-03T04:55:03.606175 image/jpeg 4088 2025-08-03T04:55:03.362174 image/jpeg 464898 2020-12-29T00:42:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 560744 2025-08-03T04:55:01.032215 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 More titles under Unknown