The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01
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Anonymoustranslated Byjonathan Scott
(4,43 Sterne; 64 Bewertungen)
The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then declares all women to be unfaithful. He begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the next morning. Scheherazade agrees to marry him and each night, beginning on the night of their marriage, she tells the king a tale but does not end it so that the king keeps her alive in order to hear the next tale. The stories proceed from this original tale; some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord. Some editions contain only a few hundred tales, while others include 1001 or more stories and "nights."
Well known stories from the Nights include Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. (Summary from Wikipedia) (13 hr 29 min)
Chapters
Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Sultans; and of the Five Ladies of Bagdad
40:17
Read by John Pruden
The Story of Noor ad Deen Ali and Buddir ad Deen Hossun, part c
38:07
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Sla…
36:55
Read by Jon Scott Jones
The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Sla…
35:42
Read by Jon Scott Jones
The History of Ganem, Son of Abou Ayoub, and Known by the Surname of Love's Sla…
35:24
Read by Jon Scott Jones
Bewertungen
Wonderfully Addictive! BUT!
Carly Corday
(0 Sterne)
The shockingly awful ending of The Story of Amene is enough to make me retract every good thing I had to say about these stories up till that point. The entire Story of Amene crosses the line for sickening even for tales of this sort created in this time-period. The only possible redemption for a story of such hatefulness and horror would have been worthy revenge upon the unmanly (said the Caliph wisely!), monstrous perp, the worst sentient creature ever written about who (presumably) wasn't a serial torture-killer. We're led in these stories to COUNT on comeuppance, so why, I wonder, did "Anonymous" toss in this careless, cruel ending to this one story (thus far), and triple the abomination by setting it down in glowing terms that declare it Wise and Just and Good? Any reader, listen to the stories leading up to Amene's, read her story, and see if you don't agree. (I often forget we are LISTENING, not reading; that's how wonderful LibriVox audiobooks are. To READ these stories, or check for clarification of words that were muffled or strange, archive.org provides the WRITTEN material too, oftentimes thanks to The Gutenberg Project.) The Story of the Second Calender, preceding The Story of Amene, was cruel and short on Justice too, its self-forgiving hero not much of a prince, but the ending at least wasn't an out-and-out sh*t sandwich like The Story of Amene. Yep, I hated that story that much.
Very Entertaining
Shristi Mishra-Prasad
(4 Sterne)
The only way to describe a lady is call her beautiful, however intelligent and powerful she may be and the best way to reward her is to get her married. But I suppose those were the times and I am sure much worse was lost in translation. That aside, the stories are very interesting and entertaining. Having different readers, does throw my concentration off a bit, especially if not read properly or with poor recording, but not bad overall.
Some sessions need to redo recording
(5 Sterne)
Can't understand session 5 and 6. Appreciate the effort of the reader but the accent is too thick. Session 15 has a lot of noise and needs to re-record too.
Well Done
Muggs Scrat
(5 Sterne)
Great selection and order of stories are correct!
i cant understand section 6 , rats sorry'
jollygood
(0,5 Sterne)
Intresting tales - but better narration needed. Quite a few were
Dennis
(3 Sterne)