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The Arabian Nights Study Guide

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by Richard Francis Burton
About 148 pages (44,490 words)
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The Arabian Nights Study Guide consists of approx. 148 pages of summaries and analysis on The Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Summary and Analysis

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

This chapter introduces the premise of the story as a framework for the entire work, which is a series of stories within stories. Herein lies the story of King Shahryar and his younger brother, Shah Zaman, King of Samarcand, who discover their own wives are faithless and become bitter about all women. (read more)
      Background Chapter, The Story of King Shahryar and His Brother
      Chapter 1, The Fisherman and the Jinni
      Chapter 2, The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad
      Chapter 3, The Tale of the Three Apples
      Chapter 4, Tale of Nur Al-Din Ali And His Son Badr Al-Din Hasan
      Chapter 5, Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, the Distraught, the Thrall O' Love
      Chapter 6, The Tale of the Birds and the Beasts and the Carpenter
      Chapter 7, The Hermit
      Chapter 8, The Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman
      Chapter 9, Hatim of the Tribe of Tayy
      Chapter 10, The Tale of Ma'an Son of Zaidah and the Badawi
      Chapter 11, The City of Many-Columned Iram and Abdullah Son of Abi Kalibah
      Chapter 12, The Sweep and the Noble Lady
      Chapter 13, Ali the Persian
      Chapter 14, The Man Who Stole The Dish of Gold Wherein The Dog Ate
      Chapter 15, The Ruined Man Who Became Rich Again Through A Dream
      Chapter 16, The Ebony Horse
      Chapter 17, How Abu Hasan Broke Wind
      Chapter 18, The Angel of Death With The Proud King And The Devout Man
      Chapter 19, Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman
      Chapter 20, The City of Brass
      Chapter 21, The Lady and Her Five Suitors
      Chapter 22, Judar and His Brethren
      Chapter 23, Julnar the Sea-Born and Her Son King Badr Basim of Persia
      Chapter 24, Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad
      Chapter 25, Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber
      Chapter 26, The Sleeper and the Waker
      Chapter 27, Alaeddin: Or, the Wonderful Lamp
      Chapter 28, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
      Chapter 29, Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah
      Conclusion

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  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1

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  Media Adaptations

  Topics for Further Study

  Compare and Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  For Further Reading

  Bibliography

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