The Arabian nights entertainments / / Andrew Lang

• Autore: Lang Andrew
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Sheba Blake Publishing, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (866 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Tales - Arab countries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Sommario/riassunto: It's been called The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, One Thousand and One Nights, etc., but the framework is generally the same: a Persian king discovers his wife is cheating, so, having determined that all women are unfaithful, he decides to marry a virgin every day and have her killed by the next. After a while the kingdom is running low on virgins, so the cunning Scheherazade volunteers to marry the king, and to keep her own head she tells him a new thrilling tale every night. He's so captivated by the stories that he doesn't realize it's a trick. So...Scheherazade is like the original Dan
• Titolo autorizzato: The Arabian Nights Entertainments
• ISBN: 1-304-67010-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155513503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II