The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 01


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This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. The are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found for the collection, but several versions date the collection's genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the first of sixteen volumes translated by Burton.
(Based on Wikipedia article) (13 hr 39 min)

Kapitel

Section One 33:54 Gelesen von Peter Yearsley
Section Two 40:42 Gelesen von Gesine
Section Three 38:00 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Four 32:25 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Five 39:35 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Six 35:03 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Seven 35:58 Gelesen von Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit
Section Eight 34:59 Gelesen von Ransom
Section Nine 37:37 Gelesen von Anna Simon
Section Ten 31:19 Gelesen von Kalynda
Section Eleven 34:28 Gelesen von Kalynda
Section Twelve 34:10 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Thirteen 37:47 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Fourteen 34:29 Gelesen von Priya, India
Section Fifteen 37:09 Gelesen von R. S. Steinberg
Section Sixteen 34:36 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Seventeen 30:18 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Eighteen 34:12 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Nineteen 34:39 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Twenty 36:12 Gelesen von hefyd
Section Twenty-One 33:34 Gelesen von Melissa
Section Twenty-Two 40:40 Gelesen von CalmDragon
Section Twenty-Three 37:54 Gelesen von Peter Yearsley

Bewertungen

A Thousand + nights


(5 Sterne)

These stories are a treasure. Some are a little goarey but humor is well used to help. All the readers get a big thankyou from me. The whole family will enjoy this audio book. Oops! No, no, no, I mean those over ... say ... 18. I just listened again and its still a wonderfull book.

Very good presentation.


(5 Sterne)

Complete as far as I hear. My mother loved these.

Excellent.


(5 Sterne)

I greatly enjoyed the stories. Can't wait for the second volume


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one of the best book created. thanks a lot for sir Richard

Good book and readers


(3.5 Sterne)

Overall I found this to be a good book with good readers, however a few readers were somewhat distracting in regards to their even tone. But the main reason I did not fully enjoy tbis book is my lack of understanding of Islamic culture and its traxitions. This was my first exposure to both and am grateful to this book and recording for that rare pleasure in my life. Thank-you all in this endeavor.

Magnificent


(5 Sterne)

I love the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night and this is my second time listening. I listened to all 14 volumes a few years ago and now I'm at it again. And after reading many of the stories many times over the last 50 years. To quote Robert Louis Stevenson the book "Captivates in childhood and delights in age".


(4.5 Sterne)

Burton's translation is accurate and easy to understand despite some archaisms. I notice the absence of preface and footnotes, though Im sure people like me who want footnotes are in the minority. I could nitpick the readers, but they are volunteers


(5 Sterne)

A wonderful translation read well. I do miss Burton's introduction and commentary, but not enough to lower my rating. If you think the tales are adult, you should see some of the notes.