Translated into French by Monsieur Galland. Nights" till the reigns of Queen Anne and George I., when they were ![]() People in France and England knew almost nothing about "The Arabian Made in them at different times, and a great deal that is very dull and Probably the tales were written down about Them into a kind of framework, as if they had all been narrated to aĬruel Sultan by his wife. Have been told in their present shape a good long while after theĬaliph died, when nobody knew very exactly what had really happened.Īt last some storyteller thought of writing down the tales, and fixing The Caliph in a very cruel way, nobody ever knew why. Person of the great family of the Barmecides. The vizir who accompanies the Caliph was also a real Or ruler of the Faithful, Haroun al Raschid, who lived in Bagdad inħ86-808 A.D. TheĮvents were often supposed to happen in the reign of the great Caliph, Made the characters good Mahommedans, living in Bagdad or India. Of course but there were people whose profession it was to amuse menĪnd women by telling tales. There were no novels then, nor any printed books, The people of Asia,Īrabia, and Persia told them in their own way, not for children, butįor grown-up people. In this volume, are only fairy tales of the East. Now "The Arabian Nights," some of which, but not nearly all, are given These old stories, neverįorgotten, were taken down in writing in different ages, but mostly in Very old times, and the same in other places. ![]() Gentleman who would be a squire now was a kind of king in Scotland in Just because long ago there were plenty of kings in the country. There are plenty of kings and queens in the fairy tales, Lions who talk in the warm countries, or talking bears in the coldĬountries. Matters of manners and customs such as wearing clothes or not, meeting People in different countries tell them differently, but they areĪlways the same stories, really, whether among little Zulus, at theĬape, or little Eskimo, near the North Pole. Have heard them in Troy Town, for it is certain that Homer knew them,Īnd that some of them were written down in Egypt about the time of Have listened to them in the Ark, on wet days. Nobody knows how old theyĪre, or who told them first. The stories in the Fairy Books have generally been such as old women inĬountry places tell to their grandchildren. Preface The Arabian Nights The Story of the Merchant and the Genius The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs The Story of the Fisherman The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban The Story of the Husband and the Parrot The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles The Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad The Story of the First Calender, Son of a King The Story of the Second Calender, Son of a King The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied The Story of the Third Calender, Son of a King The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor First Voyage Second Voyage Third Voyage Fourth Voyage Fifth Voyage Sixth Voyage Seventh and Last Voyage The Little Hunchback The Story of the Barber's Fifth Brother The Story of the Barber's Sixth Brother The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura Noureddin and the Fair Persian Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla The Story of Sidi-Nouman The Story of Ali Colia, Merchant of Bagdad The Enchanted Horse The Story of Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister ![]() Produced by Christy Phillips and John Hamm. *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS *** With this eBook or online at Title: The Arabian Nights Entertainments Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. ![]() Project Gutenberg's The Arabian Nights Entertainments, by Andrew Lang. The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Arabian Nights Entertainments, by Andrew Lang
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