The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 (of 10)
Arabian Nights; 1001 Nights
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Preceded by vol 4 PG#3438 and followed by vol 6 PG#3440 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Thousand_Nights_and_a_Night There is an improved edition of this book available as #54257. Here is the listing of titles for the entire series, which span multiple digitization efforts:
This etext was scanned by J.C. Byers and proofread by Doris Ringbloom. This etext was scanned by J.C. Byers and proofread by Doris Ringbloom.
"The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 (of 10)" by Richard Francis Burton is a translation published in 1888. Burton's landmark work presents the complete, unexpurgated Arabian Nights in English for the first time, preserving the sexual content and cultural details that earlier Victorian translators had censored. This fifth volume continues Burton's controversial approach, combining vivid storytelling with extensive scholarly footnotes exploring Oriental customs and sexuality. His archaic, extravagant style and obsessive annotations made this both celebrated and criticized as a highly personal interpretation of these ancient Middle Eastern tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.)