Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange (Penguin Classics) by Lyons, Malcolm C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page About the Author Introduction

Wonders What the Manuscript Is Poetry and Rhymed Prose Flaws and Narrative Incompetence How Tales of the Marvellous Relates to The Thousand and One Nights Relief after Grief Love Heightened Pleasures and Pains Misogyny and Rape Deceitful Women Racism More on Wonders: Jinn and Magic Transformations Sea People Treasure Hunting The Pagan Past Prophecy Coincidence and Fate Dreams of Opulence Christianity The Rewards of Idleness Bedouin Stories Notes

Further Reading Tale One: The Story of the King of the Two Rivers, Saihun and Jaihun, His Son Kaukab and His Experience with the Chamberlain Ghasb. An Astonishing Tale. Tale Two: The Story of Talha, the Son of the Qadi of Fustat, and What Happened to Him with His Slave Girl Tuhfa and How She Was Taken Away from Him and What Hardships Befell Until There Was Relief After Grief. Tale Three: The Story of the Six Men: The Hunchbacked, the One-Eyed, the Blind, the Crippled, the Man Whose Lips Had Been Cut Off and the Seller of Glassware.

The Story of the One-eyed Man The Story of the Blind Man The Story of the Paralytic The Story of the Man Whose Lips Had Been Cut Off The Story of the Glass-seller

Tale Four: The Story of the Four Hidden Treasures and the Strange Things That Occurred.

The Story of the Second Quest, with Its Marvels and Terrors The Story of the Third Quest, for the Crown The Story of the Fourth Quest, for the Golden Tube

Tale Five: The Story of the Forty Girls and What Happened to Them with the Prince. Tale Six: The Story of Julnar of the Sea and the Marvels of the Sea Encountered by Her. Tale Seven: The Story of ‘Arus al-‘Ara’is and Her Deceit, As Well As the Wonders of the Seas and Islands. Tale Eight: The Story of Budur and ‘Umair Son of Jubair al-Shaibani with al-Khali‘ the Damascan, with News and Poetry about Them. Tale Nine: The Story of Abu Disa, Nicknamed the Bird, and the Marvels of His Strange and Comical Story. Tale Ten: The Story of Sul and Shumul with Reports and Poetry, and How Shumul Was Abducted, As Well As What Ordeals Her Cousin Sul Faced and How the Two Were Reunited. It Is a Marvellous Tale. Tale Eleven: The Story of Abu Muhammad the Idle and the Marvels He Encountered with the Ape As Well As the Marvels of the Seas and Islands. Tale Twelve: The Story of Miqdad and Mayasa, Together with Poetry and Reports, and the Conversion of Miqdad and Mayasa at the Hand of ‘Ali Son of Abu Talib, the Exalted by God. Tale Thirteen: The Story of Sakhr and al-Khansa’ and of Miqdam and Haifa’. With Poetry and Prose. Tale Fourteen: The Story of Sa‘id Son of Hatim al-Bahili and the Marvels He Encountered at Sea and with the Monk Simeon. Tale Fifteen: The Story of Muhammad the Foundling and Harun al-Rashid. Tale Sixteen: The Story of Ashraf and Anjab and the Marvellous Things That Happened to Them. Tale Seventeen: The Story of the Talisman Mountain and Its Marvels. Tale Eighteen: The Story of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle. It Contains Strange and Marvellous Things. Glossary Acknowledgements Follow Penguin Copyright Page

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