The Arabian Nights, or Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of stories from Arabic literature. The stories became known in Europe through Antoine Galland's translation into French, and Richard Burton provided a famous English translation. Book of the Thousand Nights & a Night (16) 1. Alf Laylah Wa Laylah - The Book of the Thousand and One Nights - Account by John Crocker on all aspects concerning the Arabian Nights, including history, editions, derived art works, cultural settings, bibliography and links. 2. Arabian Nights Entertainments - Text of the adaptation by Andrew Lang, first published in 1898, from Free Public Domain. 3. Arabian Nights Study Guide - A much condensed version of some stories from the Arabian Nights, by Diane Thompson. 4. Stories from the Thousand and One Nights - As translated by Edward William Lane (1909-14) and revised by Stanley Lane-Poole; e-text at Bartleby. 5. The Arabian Nights - Gateway site to the ASCII text of Sir Richard Burton's unexpurgated translation; includes synopses and commentaries on the tales. 6. The Arabian Nights - Twenty-six short stories as told by Scheherazade in order to save herself and others from death. 7. The Arabian Nights (Alf Layla wa Layla) - Text as translated by Sir Richard Burton (1850), from the Middle East and Islamic Collection of Cornell University. 8. The Thousand Nights and a Night - Bibliographic and biographic information about Sir Richard Burton, along with his complete translation, as well as the Scott, Lang, and Lane translations. 9. Thousand and One Nights - Entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia. 10. Arabian Nights - A short description and contextualization of the Arabian Nights. 11. Jewish Encyclopedia: Arabian Nights - Article (written circa 1900) about the collection of tales. Includes identification of stories that appear to be from Jewish sources. 12. The Arabian Nights Nights Entertainments - Text of the adaptation by Andrew Lang after the 1918 edition; e-text from the Project Gutenberg. 13. The Book of One Thousand and One Nights - A brief description of the book with information on different editions.

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