One Thousand and One Nights (Complete Annotated Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. World's Literature Classics SeriesBy Richard Francis Burton
Length254h 43m
About this audiobook
One Thousand and One Nights (Complete Annotated Edition) presents the celebrated cycle of Arabic, Persian, Indian, and later Middle Eastern tales framed by Shahrazad's nightly storytelling to King Shahryar. Burton's version is renowned for its archaizing, luxuriant English, ethnographic notes, and willingness to preserve erotic, comic, and violent elements often softened by earlier translators. Situated within nineteenth-century Orientalist scholarship, the edition is both a literary monument and a revealing document of Victorian attitudes toward the Islamic world. Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was an explorer, linguist, soldier, diplomat, and translator whose travels through India, Arabia, and Africa shaped his fascination with languages, customs, and taboo subjects. His pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise, command of numerous languages, and controversial interest in comparative sexuality informed the vast annotations and cultural explanations that accompany his Nights, making the work as much a compendium of observation as a translation. This edition is recommended for readers seeking not merely a collection of marvelous tales, but a major encounter between world literature and Victorian scholarship. It rewards patient reading, offering enchantment, historical insight, and a complex view of translation itself.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (1.6K)
Includes Amazon
GenreFairy Tales and Folklore, Literary Classics
Length254 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Arabian Nights or One Thousand and One Nights (Andrew Lang) + New Arabian Nights (R. L. Stevenson) (Annotated)
2John Keats: Lamia (Unabridged Edition) (Annotated)
3Hesiod & The Hesiodic Corpus (Annotated)
4The Voyage of Bran
5Looking Backward & Equality (Annotated)
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6Introduction
7Synopsis
8Historical Context
9Author Biography
10When it was the Second Night,
11When it was the Third Night,
12When it was the Fourth Night,
13When it was the Fifth Night,
14When it was the Sixth Night,
15When it was the Seventh Night,
16When it was the Eighth Night,
17When it was the Ninth Night,
18When it was the Tenth Night,
19When it was the Eleventh Night,
20When it was the Twelfth Night,
21When it was the Thirteenth Night,
22When it was the Fourteenth Night,
23When it was the Fifteenth Night,
24When it was the Sixteenth Night,
25When it was the Seventeenth Night,
26When it was the Eighteenth Night,
27When it was the Nineteenth Night,
28When it was the Twentieth Night,
29When it was the Twenty-first Night,
30When it was the Twenty-second Night,
31When it was the Twenty-third Night,
32When it was the Twenty-fourth Night,
33When it was the Twenty-fifth Night,
34When it was the Twenty-sixth Night,
35When it was the Twenty-seventh Night,
36When it was the Twenty-eighth Night,
37When it was the Twenty-ninth Night,
38When it was the Thirtieth Night,
39When it was the Thirty-first Night,
40When it was the Thirty-second Night,
41When it was the Thirty-third Night,
42When it was the Thirty-fourth Night,
43When it was the Thirty-fifth Night,
44When it was the Thirty-sixth Night,
45When it was the Thirty-seventh Night,
46When it was the Thirty-eighth Night,
47When it was the Thirty-ninth Night,
48When it was the Fortieth Night,
49When it was the Forty-first Night,
50When it was the Forty-second Night,
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