The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 (of 10)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 (of 10)
Translated by Richard Francis, Sir Burton
Within the palace of King Shahriyar, a young woman buys herself another dawn with a story. This is the extraordinary wager at the heart of the Arabian Nights: Shahrazad must spin tales so mesmerizing that the king delays her execution, night after night, for a thousand and one nights. What unfolds is an inexhaustible river of narrative, where every story contains another, and another still, each more fantastical and cunning than the last. This volume continues two of the collection's most enduring narratives. Prince Sayf al-Muluk remains entangled with the Jinn and the cursed Blue King, his impetuous choices now demanding impossible remedies. Meanwhile, Hasan of Bassorah awakens to find his fortune shattered and his youth wasted, beginning a transformation from gilded fool to man of substance. These are tales of love that defies death, sorcery that reshapes kingdoms, and mortals caught between the demands of invisible powers and their own desires. The Arabian Nights has been seducing readers for centuries because it offers escape and revelation in equal measure. Here, genies are trapped in bottles, princes ride carpets through the sky, and every ending conceals a new beginning. To enter these pages is to step into a world where storytelling itself is the most potent magic.
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“A loss that can be repaired by money is not of such very great importance.””
— Unknown
“Glory be to Him who changes others and remains Himself unchanged!””
— Unknown
“WHOEVER TALKS ABOUT WHAT DOES NOT CONCERN HIM, OFTEN HEARS WHAT DOES NOT PLEASE HIM!””
— Unknown
“A library of books is the fairest garden in the world, and to walk there is an ecstasy.””
— Unknown
“My story is of such marvel that if it were written with a needle on the corner of an eye, it would yet serve as a lesson to those who seek wisdom.””
— Unknown
“We live in biological time, and we have beginnings, middles, and ends.””
— Unknown
“Psychology claims that when you can't sleep at night, you are actually awake in someone's dream.””
— Unknown
“It is amazing what women in love will do””
— Unknown
“A truth once seen by a single mind ends up by imposing itself on the totality of human consciousness.””
— Unknown
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