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The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1898) by Andrew Lang (World's Classics)
Andrew Lang
The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1898) by Andrew Lang (World's Classics)
Andrew Lang
The stories in the Fairy Books have generally been such as old women in country places tell to their grandchildren. Nobody knows how old they are, or who told them first. The children of Ham, Shem and Japhet may have listened to them in the Ark, on wet days. Hector's little boy may have heard them in Troy Town, for it is certain that Homer knew them, and that some of them were written down in Egypt about the time of Moses. People in different countries tell them differently, but they are always the same stories, really, whether among little Zulus, at the Cape, or little Eskimo, near the North Pole. The changes are only in matters of manners and customs; such as wearing clothes or not, meeting lions who talk in the warm countries, or talking bears in the cold countries. There are plenty of kings and queens in the fairy tales, just because long ago there were plenty of kings in the country.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 27, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9781523723317 |
Publishers | Createspace Independent Publishing Platf |
Pages | 220 |
Dimensions | 216 × 280 × 12 mm · 521 g |
Language | English |
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