The Arabian Nights Entertainments

This delightfully narrated classic is a story within a story. In an attempt to postpone execution, the king's new bride spends one thousand and one nights enchanting him with story after story of true love, tragedy, sorcerers, and jinns. Included in this volume are the following stories: "The Arabian Nights" "The Story of the Fisherman" "The Story of the Greek King & the Physician Douban" "The Story of the Husband and the Parrot" "The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished" "The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles" "The Sultan and His Vow" "The Fable of the Ass the Ox and the Laborer" "The Story of the Merchant and the Genie" "The History of the First Old Man and the Hind" "The History of the Second Old Man" "The Three Calendars" "Sons of Kings and the Five Ladies of Baghdad" "The History of the First Calendar" "The History of the Second Calendar" "The History of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied" "The History of the Third Calendar" "The Story of Zobeide" "The History of Am