Aladdin, with the help of a genie from a magic lamp outwits the evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

With the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, Aladdin fights an evil magician and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

A princess promises to marry the prince who finds the most precious treasure.

Aladdin, with the help of a genie from a magic lamp outwits the evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess.

A poor woodcutter discovers the hidden treasures of a band of robbers, survives great danger, and brings riches to his whole family.

Sinbad survives when his ship is destroyed by giant Rocs, and by his cleverness wins his way back from a remote island to his own home.

Ten stories from the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, including the well-known ones of Aladdin and the lamp, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, and Sinbad the sailor. Here is a selection of some of the best-known and best-loved tales of The Arabian Nights, including Sinbad, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Alladin, The Talking Bird, and the Fisherman and the Genie. In this "treasure house of pleasant things" you will find golden palaces, gem-studded...

"These stories (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories), told by the Princess Shahrazad under the threat of death if she ceases to amuse, first reached the West around 1700. They fired in the European imagination an appetite for the mysterious and exotic which has never left it. Collected over centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from vivacious erotica, animal fables, and adventure fantasies to pointed...