Tales of the marvellous and news of the strange
2014
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A collection of the earliest known Arabic stories. Dating from at least a millenium ago, they survive in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. They contain monsters, lost princes, priceless jewels and shocking reversals of fortune.
Main title:
Tales of the marvellous and news of the strange / translated by Malcolm C. Lyons.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2014.
Collation:
496 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Arabic.
ISBN:
9780141395036 (hbk)9780141395050 (ebook)
Dewey class:
892.7'30108
Language:
EnglishArabic
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BRN:
3730135
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