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The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night Volume 3: A Complete Translation of the Arabian Nights
Hardcover
General FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515422679
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 274
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A continuation of John Payne's complete English rendering of the medieval Arabic narrative cycle commonly known as the Arabian Nights. Volume III advances the sequence of tales framed by the narration of Shahrazad, preserving the structure and tonal range of the original collection while presenting the text in a measured and literary English style characteristic of late nineteenth-century translation.
The narratives gathered here extend the interwoven accounts of adventure, courtly intrigue, moral reflection, and marvel, in which merchants, princes, and travellers encounter both the ordinary and the extraordinary across a richly imagined world. Payne's translation is noted for its attention to cadence and diction, seeking to convey the atmosphere and narrative continuity of the source material without reduction to simplified prose.
As part of a multi-volume edition, this volume contributes to one of the earliest complete English translations of the work, reflecting a moment in which the text was approached as a literary whole rather than as a selection of individual tales. The result is a sustained narrative experience that situates the Arabian Nights within the broader history of world literature.
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