Tales from 1,001 Nights

Publisher synopsis: This is the essential one-volume edition of "Tales from 1,001 Nights", drawn from the acclaimed landmark translation published in 3 volumes by "Penguin Classics" in 2008. It contains "Aladdin", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Sindbad the Sailor" and many others of the most enjoyable and beloved tales from the "Arabian Nights". This new translation was described as 'magnificent' and 'the most ambitious and thorough translation' in the "Guardian" and lauded in the "Telegraph" as 'outstanding'. "The Sunday Times" said 'The new Penguin edition is the one to have'.