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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01

Anonymous
Translated by Jonathan Scott (1754 - 1829)

The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then declares all women to be unfaithful. He begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning. Scheherazade agrees to marry him and each night, beginning on the night of their marriage, she tells the king a tale but does not end it so that the king keeps her alive in order to hear the next tale. The stories proceed from this original tale; some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord. Some editions contain only a few hundred tales, while others include 1001 or more stories and "nights."

Well known stories from the Nights include Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	The Publishers' Preface	Tim Gregory	00:02:54
Play 01	The Arabian Nights Entertainments	Lizzie Driver	00:36:22
Play 02	The Ass, the Ox, and the Labourer	Paul Siegel	00:16:34
Play 03	The Merchant and the Genie	Tim Gregory	00:14:32
Play 04	The Story of the First Old Man and the Hind	Tim Gregory	00:12:47
Play 05	The Story of the Second old Man and the Two Black Dogs	Ted Nugent	00:12:24
Play 06	The Story of the Fisherman	Ted Nugent	00:22:06
Play 07	The Story of the Grecian King and the Physician Douban	Tim Gregory	00:08:12
Play 08	The Story of the Husband and the Parrot	Gesine	00:05:07
Play 09	The Story of the Vizier that was Punished	chris tierney	00:30:48
Play 10	The History of the Young King of the Black Isles	Lucy Lo Faro	00:30:25
Play 11	Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Sultans; and of the Five Ladies of Bagdad	John Pruden	00:40:17
Play 12	The History of the First Calender	John Pruden	00:18:59
Play 13	The Story of the Second Calender	Reynard T. Fox	00:28:38
Play 14	The Story of the Envious Man, and of him that he Envied	marevalo	00:34:31
Play 15	The History of the Third Calender, part a	Sandra Zera	00:30:20
Play 16	The History of the Third Calender, part b	Lucy Lo Faro	00:34:17
Play 17	The Story of Zobeide	hugh mac	00:25:27
Play 18	The Story of Amene	Anne Cheng	00:21:38
Play 19	The Story of Sinbad the Voyager	Lucy Lo Faro	00:07:33
Play 20	The First Voyage	Lucy Lo Faro	00:15:34
Play 21	The Second Voyage	Lucy Lo Faro	00:15:11
Play 22	The Third Voyage	Lucy Lo Faro	00:20:11
Play 23	The Fourth Voyage	Lucy Lo Faro	00:23:13
Play 24	The Fifth Voyage	Lucy Lo Faro	00:13:36
Play 25	The Sixth Voyage	Lucy Lo Faro	00:20:49
Play 26	The Seventh and Last Voyage	Lucy Lo Faro	00:17:01
Play 27	The Three Apples	tipaew	00:10:29
Play 28	The Story of the Lady who was Murdered, and of the Young Man her Husband	John Rose	00:13:41
Play 29	The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part a	Zapo	00:44:31
Play 30	The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part b	Jonathan Feldman	00:35:15
Play 31	The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part c	Lars Rolander (1942-2016)	00:38:07
Play 32	The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part a	Jon Scott Jones	00:36:55
Play 33	The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part b	Jon Scott Jones	00:35:42
Play 34	The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part c	Jon Scott Jones	00:35:24

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