The Arabian Nights (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Andrew Lang

Narrated by: Neil Shah

The vengeful King Schahriar agrees to stave off the execution of Queen Scheherazade until she finishes a particularly compelling story. Her plan? Bleed one tale into another. Through fanciful histories, romances, tragedies, comedies, poems, riddles, and songs, Scheherazade prolongs her life by holding the king’s rapt attention.

With origins in Persian and Eastern Indian folklore, the stories of The Arabian Nights have been reworked, reshaped, revised, collected, and supplemented throughout the centuries by various authors and scholars—and are continually redefined by the modern translations of the Western world.

AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.

Revised edition: Previously published as The Arabian Nights, this edition of The Arabian Nights (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

enjoyed listing to this.. good

enjoyed listing to this.. good. the narration is great. and story translation is however not that descriptive. like Original.. but still good.

Fun stories from a different age.

The voice reading/acting was high quality and it was nice having so many different stories. It was very interesting hearing stories that had far off but familiar lands.

No ending

The stories were well told and interesting, but the book stops without resolving its primary hook (Scheherezade and the sultan). The lack of an ending really sullied the entire experience.

Great Story... However

This is, of course, a wonderful classic tale...however the reading here becomes a bit tedious.

Great Narrator

Narration is amazing. All stories are great. We liked it very much. All 5 stars.