One Thousand and One Nights

Author: Yang Nai Gui
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book features diverse and fantastical themes, mostly telling stories that appear bizarre yet are deeply rooted in life. It combines simple realism with magical romanticism, vividly depicting the social life, thoughts, emotions, lifestyles, and customs of the medieval Arab region. Through the struggle between good and evil, beauty and ugliness, it praises the loyalty, perseverance, honesty, and noble character of love, labor, and virtue. It is truly a colorful and lifelike historical tapestry. The book includes over twenty stories, all recognized as excellent and favorite classics among readers. Such works as The Merchant and the Devil, The Fisherman and the Golden Fish, The Hunchback's Death, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Shoemaker Maruf are captivating masterpieces.