Sir Richard Burton
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The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton's exhaustive translation of «The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night», more commonly known as «The Arabian Nights». The story of Aladdin, likely the most famous of all the tales of «The Arabian Nights», is the story of a poor young boy who is recruited by the sorcerer Maghreb to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. When Aladdin is trapped in the cave he discovers the magical powers of a ring lent to him by the sorcerer and subsequently of the magical powers of the lamp, which brings him great fortune. «Aladdin and the Magic Lamp» is presented here in this edition in Burton’s original and unexpurgated form.
The Arabian Nights
Drawing from the famous translation of Sir Richard Burton, «The Arabian Nights» is a selection of the voluminous «One Thousand and One Nights», a collection of ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian literature. Many readers will recognize the more famous of these tales: «Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp», «Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves» and «The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor». These exciting and mystical tales can be found in this uncensored and authoritatively noted edition along with thirty-five additional stories.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Volume I of II)
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a preeminent British explorer of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. His famed disguised pilgrimage to Mecca in 1853 made his name known. Burton helped demystify this exotic Eastern world to the West. In «Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah», we are gifted with his personal account of his Haj. Full of insightful anthropological observations, Burton describes his encounters with Arab cultures and customs. This exciting tale revolves around his disguising as an Afghan doctor in order to not be noticed in his religious pilgrimage. Burton was more than an explorer, though; he was a translator, soldier, cartographer, and spy. His fascinating character comes through brilliantly in this travel account as we discover the East through the eyes of an outsider. Burton's «Narrative» is as much an adventure story as it is a study in cultural anthropology—a true classic of travel writing that helped define the genre.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Volume II of II)
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a preeminent British explorer of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. His famed disguised pilgrimage to Mecca in 1853 made his name known. Burton helped demystify this exotic Eastern world to the West. In «Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah», we are gifted with his personal account of his Haj. Full of insightful anthropological observations, Burton describes his encounters with Arab cultures and customs. This exciting tale revolves around his disguising as an Afghan doctor in order to not be noticed in his religious pilgrimage. Burton was more than an explorer, though; he was a translator, soldier, cartographer, and spy. His fascinating character comes through brilliantly in this travel account as we discover the East through the eyes of an outsider. Burton's «Narrative» is as much an adventure story as it is a study in cultural anthropology—a true classic of travel writing that helped define the genre.
Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves
The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton's exhaustive translation of «The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night», more commonly known as «The Arabian Nights». The story of «Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves» is one of the more popular of those found in «The Arabian Nights» collection. It tells the story of Ali Baba who while chopping wood in the forest discovers the secret hiding place for the treasure of a band of forty thieves. The treasure is sealed in a magic cave which opens by the command «open simsim», or «open sesame». This classic tale is presented here in this edition in its original and unexpurgated form.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Written by Vatsyayana sometime between the 1st and 6th centuries A.D., «Kama Sutra» is literally translated as «Aphorisms on Love.» Intended as a manual for not only love and intimacy but also a treatise on the politics and customs of relationships between men and women. The «Kama Sutra», while sought after for its instruction on sexual positions, is much more than just a guide for lovemaking. Presented here is the classic translation of Sir Richard Burton.