Anthology: Tales from 1,001 Nights

Editor:  Malcolm C. Lyons

Language:  English

Bibliographic comments: The stories originated over a span of centuries with different authors, hence the 'anthology'

publication type.

Tales from 1,001 Nights: Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites

Malcolm C. Lyons, ed.

2010

Library edition: 2010 edition, 5th printing

Penguin Books

ISBN 978-0-14-19165-2

Hardcover, xxi+496 pages

£25.00 / $25.00 / C$29.95

Notes:

  •  Translated by Malcolm C. Lyons and Ursula Lyons; Ursula Lyons is credited with translations of the tales of Aladdin

     and Ali Baba from Antoine Galland's French (dated 1704), all other translations are credited to Malcolm C. Lyons.

  •  'Introduction', 'Glossary' and 'Further Reading' by Robert Irwin.

  •  Original Arabic story contents are of unknown date (estimated between the 8th and 12th centuries) and unknown

     authorship, and these English translations (dated 2008) are not provided with their original Arabic titles.

  *  This edition abridged from the 3-volume 2008 Penguin edition.

  •  Publication has a blue page marker.

Fiction: KING SHAHRIYAR, SHAH ZAMAN AND SHAHRAZAD: The Story of the Donkey and the Bull  //  THE

FISHERMAN AND THE 'IFRIT: The Story of King Yunan and Duban the Sage  //  The Story of King Sindbad and the

Falcon  //  The Story of the Treacherous Vizier  //  The Story of the Semi-petrified Prince  //  THE PORTER AND THE

THREE LADIES: The Story of the First Dervish  //  The Story of the Second Dervish  //  The Story of the Envious and the

Envied  //  The Story of the Third Dervish  //  The Story of the Lady of the House  //  The Story of the Doorkeeper  //  

THE STORY OF NUR AL-DIN AND SHAMS AL-DIN  //  THE STORY OF TAJ AL-MULUK AND PRINCESS DUNYA: The

Story of 'Aziz and 'Aziza  //  ANIMAL STORIES: The Weasel and the Mouse  //  The Crow and the Cat  //  The Fox and

the Crow  //  The Flea and the Mouse  //  The Falcon and the Birds of Prey  //  The Sparrow and the Eagle  //  The

Hedgehog and the Doves  //  THE STORY OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES KILLED BY A SLAVE GIRL  //  

ABU MUHAMMAD THE SLUGGARD  //  THE EBONY HORSE  //  'ALI, THE CAIRENE MERCHANT  //  FIVE STORIES

OF KINGS: The Angel of Death, the Rich King and the Pious Man  //  The Angel of Death and the Rich King  //  The

Angel of Death and the King of the Israelites  //  Alexander the Great and the Poor King  //  King Anushirwan the Just  //  

SINDBAD THE SAILOR: The First Journey of Sindbad  //  The Second Journey of Sindbad  //  The Third Journey of

Sindbad  //  The Fourth Journey of Sindbad  //  The Fifth Journey of Sindbad  //  The Sixth Journey of Sindbad  //  The

Seventh Journey of Sindbad  //  THE ADVENTURES OF 'ALI AL-ZAIBAQ  //  THE STORY OF ALADDIN, OR THE

MAGIC LAMP  //  Conclusion