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基本信息·出版社：Signet Classics
·页码：608 页
·出版日期：1991年08月
·ISBN：0451525426
·条形码：9780451525420
·装帧：平装
·丛书名：Signet classics
·外文书名：天方夜谭
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Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance,
The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever.
This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, have entered into the popular imagination, demonstrating that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition. 作者简介 The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. 媒体推荐 书评
From AudioFile The romantic strains of Rimsky-Korsakov''s Scheherazade introduce and end each segment of this lush, nineteenth-century translation. The exotic music is seamlessly married to Burton''s erotic adventures and Madoc''s mellifluous voice. Though Madoc''s theatrical training is obvious, his renderings are never stagy. He reads with dash and elan but doesn''t turn this into a performance by adopting accents. Madoc allows the literature to speak for itself, occasionally underscoring a passage with the seduction of sibilant speech or the slight swell of anger. Please note that Burton''s tales, filled with violence and sexuality, are meant for adult ears. R.O.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. Review "[A] book...that captivates in childhood, and still delights in age."
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
