Contents

Author’s Note

Introduction: Stories from the Past

1   A Spectral Work

2   A Frenchman Abroad

3   The Coming of the Nights

4   “These Idle Deserts”

5   The Nights and the Romantic Spirit

6   Searching for the Nights

7   The Victorian Rivals

8   The Arabian Nights Today

9   Infinite Delights

Epilogue

Notes

Suggestions for Further Study

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgments