# The Arabian Nights

by [Andrew Lang](https://localbooks.app/authors/andrew-lang)

- Genres: [Fiabe rivisitate](https://localbooks.app/genres/fantasy/fairy-tale-retellings), [Racconti](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/short-stories)
- Set in: [Baghdad, governatorato di Baghdad, Iraq](https://localbooks.app/places/iq/baghdad/baghdad); [Il Cairo, Governatorato del Cairo, Egitto](https://localbooks.app/places/eg/cairo/cairo); [Basra, Iraq](https://localbooks.app/places/iq/basra)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1898

## Description

To stay alive, Scheherazade tells her new husband the sultan a story each night and stops at the best part. Aladdin's lamp, Ali Baba's forty thieves and Sindbad's voyages are among the tales she spins, set in the bazaars and palaces of Baghdad, Cairo and Basra.

## Where to buy

- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/128)

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