- Hardcover: 2715 pages
- Publisher: Penguin (27 Nov 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140911669
- ISBN-13: 978-0140911664
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 16.6 x 16.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 376,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Penguin has produced this magnificent, unexpurgated edition of the greatest collection of folk tales in the world...The Arabian Nights is not a book to be read in a week. It is an ocean of stories to be dipped into over a lifetime. And this new Penguin edition is the one to have. Settle back, pour a glass of wine and sail away with Sinbad to the Island of Serendib.
--Christopher Hart, The Sunday Times, 14th December 2008
--Christopher Hart, The Sunday Times, 14th December 2008
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Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, executing her next morning. To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier’s daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba’s outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. One of the best known and most influential works of literature ever written, this is the first complete translation into English of The Arabian Nights from the Arabic since the 1880s. It also includes new translations from 18th century French of the so-called ‘orphan stories’, for which no original Arabic text remains. in a wonderful three-volume, luxury, limited edition boxset.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book as a reminder of my childhood because I was read the Arabic version of almost all the stories as a kid. The stories are as close a translation that one can get to, having read some of the stories in Arabic myself. Very descriptive and detailed and can be as entertaining to an adult as to a child. As a boxset of 3 books, its 'fantabulous'. What did not impress me was the care AMAZON had put into sending the book over. Box was about twice (if not more) the boxset size, and as a result the book casing was visibly damaged, ruining the silvery blue look of the case and disappointing my overall book buying experience, hence the 4 stars. But at the end of the day, I'm reading the books (5 star) not the case!
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
We bought this for our son who loves storytelling. The National Public Radio review enticed us to order it as quickly as possible. The new translation turned out to be a delight, though the flimsy cardboard case the 3 books come in was a little disappointing. The books themselves more than make up for it. Detailed, well written and sumptuous stories that are more easy to lose oneself in than any other version we have read.
It was the perfect gift and our son is immersed, so we won't hear from him for awhile, but it will be remembered as a dear gift.
It was the perfect gift and our son is immersed, so we won't hear from him for awhile, but it will be remembered as a dear gift.
14 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is about the packaging I got for this book set - Amazon UK put this very heavy and large book set into a bigger box (maybe twice the size) with no packaging whatsoever, meaning the book set was slightly scuffed up but it was only a miracle that it wasn't completely destroyed in the International shipment.
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