The Trouble with Three Apples

Author: Tian Fang
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: "One Thousand and One Nights," also known as "Arabian Nights," is a collection of Arabic folktales. Manuscripts emerged around the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries, and after spreading across India, Persia, Iraq, Egypt, and other regions for hundreds of years, it was compiled by the end of the 15th or early 16th century. It is a crystallization of the wisdom of the diverse peoples of the Middle East and Near East. "One Thousand and One Nights," with its vivid colors, fantastical imagination, intricate stories, bold exaggeration that borders on the absurd, and its interlocking structure, has given the tales enduring vitality. "One Thousand and One Nights" is an outstanding literary work beloved and familiar to people around the world. The great literary master Maxim Gorky called it a "magnificent monument in the realm of folk oral creation." This book is part of the "Essential Stories of One Thousand and One Nights" series, featuring carefully selected stories from "One Thousand and One Nights" that are most representative and influential. Accompanied by exquisite color illustrations and text with Pinyin annotations, it is presented as a spiritual feast for Chinese children. "One Thousand and One Nights," also known as "Arabian Nights," is a collection of Arabic folktales. Manuscripts emerged around the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries, and after spreading across India, Persia, Iraq, Egypt, and other regions for hundreds of years, it was compiled by the end of the 15th or early 16th century. It is a crystallization of the wisdom of the diverse peoples of the Middle East and Near East. "One Thousand and One Nights," with its vivid colors, fantastical imagination, intricate stories, bold exaggeration that borders on the absurd, and its interlocking structure, has given the tales enduring vitality. "One Thousand and One Nights" is an outstanding literary work beloved and familiar to people around the world. The great literary master Maxim Gorky called it a "magnificent monument in the realm of folk oral creation." This book is part of the "Essential Stories of One Thousand and One Nights" series, featuring carefully selected stories from "One Thousand and One Nights" that are most representative and influential. Accompanied by exquisite color illustrations and text with Pinyin annotations, it is presented as a spiritual feast for Chinese children.