Well known stories from the Nights include Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. The stories that are presented here are only a small taste of the literary life found in The Arabian Nights. Some editions contain only a few hundred tales, while others include 1001 or more stories and "nights." The structure, morality, variety, action, and entertainment of these stories is Shahrazads legacy more so than her role as a powerful mans wife. The stories proceed from this original tale some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord. Scheherazade agrees to marry him and each night, beginning on the night of their marriage, she tells the king a tale but does not end it so that the king keeps her alive in order to hear the next tale. He begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning. An inventor presents the King of Persia with an enchanted horse. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then declares all women to be unfaithful. Part fairytale, part science fiction, this story from the 1001 Nights is full of wonder. The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. Arabian Nights One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of West and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. Translated by Jonathan Scott (1754 - 1829) Download cover art Download CD case insert The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01
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