Arabian Nights: Their Best Known Tales

The Arabian Nights, (also known as One Thousand and One Nights) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled during the Islamic Golden Age and first translated into English in the early 18th century. Tying the tales together is the story of Scheherazade, the virginal consort of King Shahryar who delays her own execution by telling a story that so entrances the king that he puts off killin...