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'So he rose and lighted one lamp after another, till he had lighted the
whole eighty and the palace seemed to dance with brilliancy.'
Beginning with the legend of King Shahryr, whose anger at his queen's
infidelity leads him to murder a new wife each day, Arabian Nights
weaves together ancient folklore and magic in an anthology of
fantastical and evocative stories dating from the ninth century.
Rich with suspense, passion and tragedy, Sir Richard Burton's celebrated
translation continues to transport readers across oceans, to mystical
lands and ancient palaces in tales such as 'The Lovers of Bessorah', The
Fellah and His Wicked Wife' and 'The Hunchback's Tale'.