A year ago, Renée Ahdieh gifted to the world her sumptuous The Wrath and the Dawn, a breathtaking retelling of A Thousand and One Nights. In that first novel, we grew to love Shahrzad, the bold and dastardly clever girl who outruns a killer curse by simply telling stories, and Khalid, the despised and misunderstood Caliph […]
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
‘So he rose and lighted one lamp after another, till he had lighted the whole eighty and the palace seemed to dance with brilliancy.’
Beginning with the legend of King Shahryr, whose anger at his queen’s infidelity leads him to murder a new wife each day, Arabian Nights weaves together ancient folklore and magic in an anthology of fantastical and evocative stories dating from the ninth century.
Rich with suspense, passion and tragedy, Sir Richard Burton’s celebrated translation continues to transport readers across oceans, to mystical lands and ancient palaces in tales such as ‘The Lovers of Bessorah’, The Fellah and His Wicked Wife’ and ‘The Hunchback’s Tale’.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
‘So he rose and lighted one lamp after another, till he had lighted the whole eighty and the palace seemed to dance with brilliancy.’
Beginning with the legend of King Shahryr, whose anger at his queen’s infidelity leads him to murder a new wife each day, Arabian Nights weaves together ancient folklore and magic in an anthology of fantastical and evocative stories dating from the ninth century.
Rich with suspense, passion and tragedy, Sir Richard Burton’s celebrated translation continues to transport readers across oceans, to mystical lands and ancient palaces in tales such as ‘The Lovers of Bessorah’, The Fellah and His Wicked Wife’ and ‘The Hunchback’s Tale’.
Arabian Nights (Collins Classics)
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400Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780008562274 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 04/18/2023 |
Series: | Collins Classics |
Pages: | 400 |
Sales rank: | 219,737 |
Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.80(d) |