Readers familiar with the friendly blue genie in Disney’s Aladdin films may be shocked to discover a crueller kind in Scheherazade’s first tale. When a merchant accidentally kills the son of a genie, the spirit swears to kill him in revenge, but grants him a year’s reprieve to say his goodbyes. Yet
Readers familiar with the friendly blue genie in Disney’s Aladdin films may be shocked to discover a crueller kind in Scheherazade’s first tale. When a merchant accidentally kills the son of a genie, the spirit swears to kill him in revenge, but grants him a year’s reprieve to say his goodbyes. Yet
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The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs
The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban
The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied
The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished
The Story of the Second Calender, Son of a King
The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles
The Story of the Fisherman
The Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad
The Story of the Third Calender, Son of a King
The Story of the First Calender, Son of a King
The Arabian Nights: Introduction
The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind
The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs
The Story of the Fisherman
The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban
The Story of the Husband and the Parrot
The Story of the Vizir Who Was Punished
The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles
The Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad
The Story of the First Calender, Son of a King
The Story of the Second Calender, Son of a King