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The Arabian Nights (AmazonClassics Edition) by [Andrew Lang]

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The vengeful King Schahriar agrees to stave off the execution of Queen Scheherazade until she finishes a particularly compelling story. Her plan? Bleed one tale into another. Through fanciful histories, romances, tragedies, comedies, poems, riddles, and songs, Scheherazade prolongs her life by holding the king’s rapt attention.

With origins in Persian and Eastern Indian folklore, the stories of The Arabian Nights have been reworked, reshaped, revised, collected, and supplemented throughout the centuries by various authors and scholars—and are continually redefined by the modern translations of the Western world.

AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Arabian Nights, this edition of The Arabian Nights (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

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September 5, 2017
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Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, anthropologist, historian, literary critic, and noted collector of folklore and fairy tales.

Educated at the prestigious University of St. Andrews and Balliol College, Oxford, Lang became a published poet, editor, and journalist by the time he was thirty-one. He was fascinated by folklore, myths, local legends, and fairy tales throughout his entire life. Lang’s debut work, The Blue Fairy Book, was the first of twenty-five collections of stories for children.

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This is a gorgeous introduction for young listeners to fine literature, a vastly different time and culture, and enchanting music. Narrator Toby Stephens is dazzling as he presents three of the best-known tales: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. He skillfully renders the stupendous description, cunning adversaries, and wide-ranging emotion as he spins Scheherazade's stories. At times, Stephens's accent has a modern sound that should appeal to a contemporary audience. Both male and female voices are distinct and appropriate to characters' ages and situations. Rimsky-Korsakov's stirring music adds vastly to the rich emotion generated by the exotic tales. Listeners of all ages will be enthralled. --AudioFile Magazine --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B073WVHZGL
Publisher ‏ : ‎ AmazonClassics (September 5, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 5, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B09DMXZ84F
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Graedon Li

Decent but flawed translation

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018

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The stories themselves are entertaining and easy to read. The language used isn't particularly archaic or stilted; it doesn't quite have modern characteristics, but it's close. The main problem with this version (Lang) is mostly that it contains notable omissions. This seems to be a heavily abridged version of the Arabian Nights. Even the ending has been cut completely, which is a grevious error. There are also odd choices of words from time to time which other translations have handled better.

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J. A. Hammer

Interesting Collection

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2016

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This is basically the Grimm Fairy Tales equivalent for East Asia, India, and the Middle East. You can imagine these tales told orally by skillful speakers.

There are stories within stories within stories, an interesting device. (It's like "Inception," where you go down the dream layers and then have to return upwards, and then you have to try and remember the upper layers after time away from them.)

There are lots of kings and rulers and beautiful princesses and handsome princes. Very few good-looking people turn out to be jerks. There is magic and magical creatures, but not in every story. It's a great look at human imagination over the generations.

These are the main lessons from these tales: Traits such as industry, wisdom, graciousness, and generosity are admired. Greed, dishonesty, and laziness are scorned. Wealth is admired so long as you are generous with it. A good story may save your life. A good sob story will make people feel sorry for you and give you money. Everyone eventually gets what they deserve. Punishments are harsh, so beware!

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Mimbral

Great Stories, bad editing

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2020

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It was enjoyable to read the old classic Arabian Nights stories. But the bad editing was a fight throughout the book. "He reached for a peach of paper." Really? And the Genies were Geniuses. The list goes on. But for a quick read the book fits the bill and the stories do come through even with the grammatical errors.

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Language is hard to understand for a child, no illustratrations

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2019

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The book is written in somewhat archaic so it is not delightful reading. It is an abridged version of Arabian Nights. The lessons from the stories are positive: wisdom and generosity are good, greed and dishonesty are bad. Good looking people are not necessarily good people. The stories have some violence. The violence and archaic language make it not an ideal choice for very young readers. The book has no illustrations. My recollections from my own childhood are beautifully illustrating stories that were interesting, and this book is not it.

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The Kindle version is missing large parts of the story

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2019

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This is a good collection of stories, but the Kindle edition is missing large parts of the narrative. There are chapters about the barber's fifth and sixth brothers, but the stories about his first four brothers are gone. In one of the tales, the caliph hears the backgrounds of three calenders and three women - but the women's stories have been cut. Even the ending of the book is missing, so we never learn what happens to Scheherazade.

Missing stories would not have been a problem in story collections like Grimm's fairy tales, but in The Arabian Nights, the stories are intertwined, so it's a big problem.

However, the stories that remain are quite good.

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Sherilyn Powell

Down a Childhood Memory Lane

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015

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Kids used to be introduced to these tales as a part of growing up, even though they might not have known the familiar stories were from this book. As children we thought the culture behind this collection was so exotic, but yet the concept was so understandable -- here are people from a different era and a different part of the world, yet we understand them and are interested in their experiences as if they were anything like our own. There's something endearing about the timelessness of this collection, though the stories are so many and are repetitive. I think that's why we were exposed to the individual tales in bits and pieces; the book cannot hold a child's attention when delivered as a whole. An adult will find things in it that nostalgically remind him of something from his childhood -- too bad developments in the modern world have spoiled the comfortable concept of Arabian Nights for us.

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Thomas R. Bodenlos

Good stories to revisit

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020

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While reading “The Uses of Enchantment the meaning and importance of fairy tales”, I felt I needed to review some of the stories referred to in that book to re-experience such stories without the deep breakdown shown in “The Uses of Enchantment”. The Arabian Nights tales were wise in their understanding of human nature and illuminating in ways that still provide value in our current time.

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Some of the best stories ever told

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2014

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These are some of the best stories ever told. Enjoy reading them as an adult, then really enjoy them when you tell them to the kids in your life. Sir Richard Burton (the explorer, not Liz's husband) made the authoritative translation - the 16 volumes are worth reading if you like foot notes and take a break to read up on this extraordinary man. Other versions, such as Lang's, get the stories told faster and less complicated.
The stories were originally told around the campfire,and that is the best way to share them. I'v had kids return for me to share the tales with their children 30 years after I shared the stories with them.
Enjoy Lang's version, however,at some point dip into Burton's version to get close to the original.

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George the Red

It works well on my Kindle and iOS devices and I enjoyed reading it from cover to cover

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2016

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Since this is free to download it's hard to complain about it. It works well on my Kindle and iOS devices and I enjoyed reading it from cover to cover. It took me back to the Victorian hardback I read as bedtime stories to my now grownup daughters. Four out of five stars from me - it would have been five stars but for it's missing out Alibaba and the forty thieves. So no 'Open Sesame' in this one

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Tonman

Astoundingly inventive

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2015

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Fascinating picture of the times. The stories are funny, and naughty and the invention never ends.
I did find that it became too repetitious for me as each story developed into ever more complex knots.
I skipped all the poetry, and there's masses of it, and if you have what it takes to enjoy that, you'd surely enjoy this even more than I did.
Nonetheless, it's one to relish, perhaps in smallish bites, taken often.

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Nicole

Couldn't put it down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2020

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Amazing and whimsical with an air of the original fairy tales. A truly wonderful read worthy of any holiday or bedtime story

Amazon Customer

Thoroughly Enjoyable And Interesting Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2013

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I have never read The Arabian Nights before, so I was glad when I was able to purchase this edition.

I very much enjoyed reading this edition by Andrew Lang, as it was well laid out. There is an active table of contents at the start of this book. My two favourite stories are The Merchant And The Fisherman and The Story Of the Fisherman.

I would recommend this book as suitable for both adults and children to read.

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Michelle

I enjoyed them and they flow into one another

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2017

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An interesting read. Short stories, well fairy tales really from the Middle East and Asia. I enjoyed them and they flow into one another. Some are quite short so it's easy to pick up and put down. One of the few classics I've enjoyed.

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