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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01

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)

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The Publishers' Preface (Tim Gregory)
The Arabian Nights Entertainments (Lizzie Driver)
The Ass, the Ox, and the Labourer (Paul Siegel)
The Merchant and the Genie (Tim Gregory)
The Story of the First Old Man and the Hind (Tim Gregory)
The Story of the Second old Man and the Two Black Dogs (Ted Nugent)
The Story of the Fisherman (Ted Nugent)
The Story of the Grecian King and the Physician Douban (Tim Gregory)
The Story of the Husband and the Parrot (Gesine)
The Story of the Vizier that was Punished (chris tierney)
The History of the Young King of the Black Isles (Lucy Lo Faro)
Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Sultans; and of the Five Ladies of Bagdad (John Pruden)
The History of the First Calender (John Pruden)
The Story of the Second Calender (Reynard T. Fox)
The Story of the Envious Man, and of him that he Envied (marevalo)
The History of the Third Calender, part a (Sandra Zera)
The History of the Third Calender, part b (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Story of Zobeide (hugh mac)
The Story of Amene (Anne Cheng)
The Story of Sinbad the Voyager (Lucy Lo Faro)
The First Voyage (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Second Voyage (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Third Voyage (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Fourth Voyage (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Fifth Voyage (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Sixth Voyage (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Seventh and Last Voyage (Lucy Lo Faro)
The Three Apples (tipaew)
The Story of the Lady who was Murdered, and of the Young Man her Husband (John Rose)
The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part a (Zapo)
The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part b (Jonathan Feldman)
The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part c (Lars Rolander (1942-2016))
The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part a (Jon Scott Jones)
The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part b (Jon Scott Jones)
The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Slave, part c (Jon Scott Jones)
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