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The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments

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The actual moment is an opportune one for the reappearance of the work. Egypt just now holds a foremost place in the eyes of the world, and it is of Egypt that the _Thousand and One Nights_ have most to tell. Indian or Persian as many of the tales are in their origin, their setting is almost purely Egyptian; and though the place may be nominally Baghdád or India, or even furthest China, it is in mediæval Cairo, in th…

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  • AuthorUnknown
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #34206
  • Length265,873 words · 17h 43m of reading
  • Chapters19
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-09-06

Contents

19 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01EDWARD WILLIAM LANE
  2. 02WITH A PREFACE BY STANLEY LANE-POOLE AND
  3. 03CHATTO & WINDUS
  4. 04The letter y is to be pronounced as in 'you' and 'lawyer:' never as in 'by.'
  5. 05Engraver's Names. Page
  6. 06CHAPTER I.
  7. 07CHAPTER II.
  8. 08CHAPTER III.
  9. 09CHAPTER IV.
  10. 10THE STORY OF THE THREE APPLES, &c.[IV_1
  11. 11CHAPTER V.
  12. 12THE BARBER'S STORY OF HIMSELF
  13. 13THE BARBER'S STORY OF HIS FIFTH BROTHER.[V_82
  14. 14THE BARBER'S STORY OF HIS SIXTH BROTHER
  15. 15CHAPTER VI.
  16. 16THE STORY OF NOOR-ED-DEEN AND ENEES-EL-JELEES.[VI_1
  17. 17CHAPTER VII.
  18. 18THE STORY OF THE SLAVE KÁFOOR.[VII_13
  19. 19CHAPTER VIII.

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