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Stories from the Thousand and One Nights
As translated by Edward William Lane (1909-14) and revised by Stanley Lane-Poole; e-text at Bartleby.

ELF Presents - The Arabian Nights
Selected tales in either the Lang or Burton translation, searchable by story number, edition, and keyword.

Alf Laylah Wa Laylah - The Book of the Thousand and One Nights
Account by John Crocker on all aspects concerning the Arabian Nights, including history, editions, derived art works, cultural settings, bibliography and links.

Arabian Nights Study Guide
A much condensed version of some stories from the Arabian Nights, by Diane Thompson.

Thousand and One Nights
Entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia.

The Arabian Nights (Alf Layla wa Layla)
Text as translated by Sir Richard Burton (1850), from the Middle East and Islamic Collection of Cornell University.

The Arabian Nights
Gateway site to the ASCII text of Sir Richard Burton's unexpurgated translation; includes synopses and commentaries on the tales.

Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
The story of Alaeddin, as well as "Zein Ul Asnam and the King of the Jinn", in the translation by John Payne.

Tales from the Arabic
As translated by John Payne from the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) editions of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night".

Arabian Nights Entertainments
Text of the adaptation by Andrew Lang, first published in 1898, from Free Public Domain.


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