The Arabian Nights

Scheherazade

Original title: Arabian Nights

Translated by Richard Burton earliest edition we have, 1996 Modern Library, 2001 912 pages

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Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume reproduces the 1932...

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This book in English

Richard Burton 3 printings we hold · 1997–2004 · Modern Library
Richard Francis Burton 2 printings we hold · 2001–2009 · Rebound by Sagebrush

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Editions we hold

The Arabian Nights ebook · 2009 · Random House Publishing Group · 9780307417015
The Arabian Nights paperback · 2004 · Modern Library · 1104 pages · 9780812972146
The Arabian Nights edition · 2001 · Modern Library · 912 pages
Arabian Nights edition · 2001 · Rebound by Sagebrush · 9781417646104
The Arabian Nights hardcover · 1997 · Modern Library · 960 pages

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