Description
The beautiful Scheherazade's royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares her life to hear the ending on the morrow.This is the background to the Arabian Nights. In this selection made by that master of folklore and fairy-tale Andrew Lang, the reader meets Aladdin with his wonderful lamp, the Enchanted Horse, the Princess Badoura, Sindbad the Sailor, and the great Caliph of Bagdad, Haroun al-Raschid.
The stories are beautifully illustrated by H. J. Ford.
Contents:
- 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 of Sindbad
- Second Voyage of Sindbad
- Third Voyage of Sindbad
- Fourth Voyage of Sindbad
- Fifth Voyage of Sindbad
- Sixth Voyage of Sindbad
- Seventh and Last Voyage of Sindbad
- 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
ISBN:9781853261145
