The Arabian Nights: Story of King Shahryar and His Brother

by Anonymous, Richard Francis Burton

AND AFTERWARD. Verily the works and words of those gone before us have become instances and examples to men of our modern day, that folk may view what admonishing chances befell other folk and may therefrom take warning; and that they may peruse the annals of antique peoples and all that hath betided them, and be thereby ruled and restrained. Praise, therefore, be to Him who hath made the histories of the past an admonition unto the present! Now of such instances are the tales called "A Thousand Nights and a Night," together with their far-famed legends and wonders.

572 pages, Paperback

Published May 3, 2014

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

So, I didn’t like this. I loved Shahrazad. I thought she was an amazing female lead in this novel.

BUT!

Huge but!

The kings…

I didn’t like their storylines.

I understand being cheated on is one of the worst feelings in the world. It’s happened to me. I understand the pain. But going out of your way to marry and have sex with every unwed girl in your city just to kill them the very next day: disgusts me.

Shahrazad was the only redeeming quality in this book for me in my personal opinion. This just wasn’t for me.