Tale of the Heavens

Author: Wang Ruiqin
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Have you ever imagined fairies descending from the sky on a stormy night? Have you ever longed for an adventure in a distant world while gazing at the vast ocean? This world is already full of wonders, and after being enriched by people's imagination, it becomes even more extraordinary and fascinating. The Arabian Nights has been passed down for over eight hundred years! Originally consisting of one hundred and thirty-four stories, each of which contains several sub-stories. There are tales of kings, princesses, ministers, and other nobles, as well as stories about ordinary merchants, tailors, sailors, porters, and common people. Some stories feature kind-hearted people, while others tell of robbers and con artists. In every story, a variety of characters encounter gods, demons, and experience extraordinary events, discovering a magnificent world. The Arabian Nights is a collection of Arabic folktales, originally published in Arabic (One Thousand and One Nights), and now translated into many languages and widely circulated around the world. Many of the stories are well-known and have even been adapted into films and television series. The fifteen stories introduced in this book are among the most representative and influential works from The Arabian Nights. Thirteen of them come from the Cairo Knowledge House edition published in the 1940s of this century, while the other two, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, are from another edition.