Selected Stories From The Arabian Nights

Author: Kunwar Anil KumarPublisher: Manoj PublicationsYear: 2010Language: EnglishPages: 176ISBN/UPC (if available): 8181334647 DescriptionThese stories, written in a simple and lucid style, apart from entertaining the readers-young and old alike-also inculcate in them a sense of moral and social values.Arabian Nights or the Thousand Nights was originally authored in Persian language under the caption Alif Laila. It is one of the world's famous classics and especially in the category of children's literature. It is mostly a collection of stories from ancient Indian, Persian and Arabic folklore. These are highly imaginative stories, full of magical fantasies and happenings. As the folklore goes once a Sultan known as Shaharyaar, married a beautiful girl named Shaharzaad for one night only. The next day he intended to kill her in the same manner as he had done away with some of her earlier one-night queens. The clever Shaharzaad saved her life by continuously telling stories to Sultan, on