The Arabian Nights Entertainments
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2006-11-18 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #19860 |
Description
"The Arabian Nights Entertainments" by Anonymous is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age. A king executes his brides each morning until Scheherazade volunteers, saving her life by telling captivating stories that end on cliffhangers night after night. The tales span historical adventures, love stories, tragedies, and fantastical journeys featuring jinn, sorcerers, and legendary places, all woven together across one thousand and one nights of storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)