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Tales from the Arabian nights / translated by Andrew Lang ; illustrations by Edmund Dulac and others ; afterword by Pete Hamill.

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 (Added Author). Dulac, Edmund, 1882-1953 (Added Author). Lang, Andrew. (Added Author).

Summary:

Twenty of the traditional tales told by Scheherazade in an attempt to save her life, including The Merchant and the Genie, The Forty Thieves, The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.

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  • ISBN: 0895773740
  • ISBN: 9780895773746
  • Physical Description: 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, [1991]

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General Note:
"Selected stories from Andrew Lang's The Arabian nights entertainments, first published in 1898"--title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:
Scheherazade -- The merchant and the genie -- The first old man -- The second old man -- The fisherman -- The Greek king and the physician -- The husband and the parrot -- The vizir who was punished -- The young king of the Black Isles -- Ali Baba and the forty thieves -- Prince Ahmed and the fairy -- Sinbad the sailor -- The little hunchback -- The prince and the princess -- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp -- The blind Baba-Abdalla -- The merchant of Baghdad -- The enchanted horse -- The jealous sisters.

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Fairy tales > Arab countries.
Arabs > Folklore.
Tales > Arab countries.
Folklore > Arab countries > Juvenile literature.
Arabs > Juvenile folklore.
Arabs > Folklore > Juvenile literature.
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Fairy tales.

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