TY - BOOK AU - Meredith,George TI - The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete AV - PR PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Fantasy fiction, English KW - Arab countries -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaving_of_Shagpat; Release date is 2004-11-02; Produced by Pat Castevans and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete" by George Meredith is a fantasy novel published in 1856. Written in the style of the Arabian Nights, this humorous oriental romance follows Persian barber Shibli Bagarag and enchantress Noorna on their quest to shave the tyrant Shagpat, whose magical hair enslaves an entire city. Their journey features magic swords, talking hawks, genies, and enchanted palaces. This imaginative allegory includes stories within stories and poetic interludes, creating a rich fantasy praised by George Eliot as a work of genius. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4405 ER -