Arabian Nights

Retold from the original
by Martin Woodside

Illustrated by Lucy Corvino

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Woodside, Martin.

  Arabian nights : retold from the original / abridged by Martin Woodside; illustrated by Lucy Corvino.

      p. cm.—(Classic starts)

  Summary: An abridged version of the tale of Scheherazade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, who tells her husband, the king, a different story every night to keep him from fulfilling his plan to kill her in the morning.

  ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-4573-7

  ISBN-10: 1-4027-4573-7

 [1. Fairy tales. 2. Folklore—Arab countries. 3. Arabs—Folklore.] I. Corvino, Lucy, ill. II. Title.

PZ8.W867Arb 2008

[398.2]—dc22

2007015205

2  4  6  8  10  9  7  5  3  1

Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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Copyright © 2008 by Martin Woodside
Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Lucy Corvino
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CONTENTS

PROLOGUE:
The Story of King Shahryar
and Scheherazade

CHAPTER 1:
The Tale of the Merchant
and His Wife

CHAPTER 2:
The Story of the Fisherman
and the Demon

CHAPTER 3:
The Porter’s Tale

CHAPTER 4:
The First Dervish’s Tale

CHAPTER 5:
The Second Dervish’s Tale

CHAPTER 6:
The Third Dervish’s Tale

CHAPTER 7:
The Tale of Sinbad the Sailor
and Sinbad the Porter

CHAPTER 8:
The Tale of Aladdin

CHAPTER 9:
The Tale of Ali Baba
and the Forty Thieves

Epilogue

What Do You Think?

Afterword

Classic Starts Library