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Tales from 1,001 Nights

Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites

Author Anonymous
Introduction by Robert Irwin
Translated by Malcolm C. Lyons, Ursula Lyons
Notes by Robert Irwin
Paperback
$20.00 US
Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
5.13"W x 7.77"H x 0.92"D   | 13 oz | 40 per carton
On sale Jun 26, 2012 | 528 Pages | 9780141191669
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Now in paperback: the best-loved tales from the acclaimed new translation

This is the essential one-volume edition of The Arabian Nights, abridged from the celebrated new three-volume translation. Included are the timeless and unforgettable stories of Aladdin, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, and many others, in a handy companion to the landmark translation described a "the most ambitious and thorough" by The Guardian (London).

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Now in paperback: the best-loved tales from the acclaimed new translation

This is the essential one-volume edition of The Arabian Nights, abridged from the celebrated new three-volume translation. Included are the timeless and unforgettable stories of Aladdin, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, Sinbad the Sailor, and many others, in a handy companion to the landmark translation described a "the most ambitious and thorough" by The Guardian (London).

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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