Stories from the Thousand and One Nights. 1909 ...

The Arabian Nights Introduction This is the original translation of the Arabian Nights into English, made by Sir Richard Francis Burton. I first got interested in the Nights when they were mentioned en passant by Arno Schmidt; some time later, the person of Richard Francis Burton was driven into my consciousness by being resurrected in P.J. Farmer`s ``Riverworld''. A few years ago, I worked ...

Last Update: Nov. 21, 1998 Navigation: Main Menu Index of Tales THE THOUSAND-AND-SECOND TALE OF SCHEHERAZADE Truth is stranger than fiction. OLD SAYING. HAVING had occasion, lately, in the course of some Oriental investigations, to consult the Tellmenow Isitsoornot, a work which (like the Zohar of Simeon Jochaides) is scarcely known at all, even in Europe; and which has never been quoted, to my ...