The Collected Works of Sir Richard Francis Burton E-Book

Sir Richard Francis Burton

• Herausgeber: PergamonMedia
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Serie: Highlights of World Literature
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Seitenzahl: 15930

Beschreibung

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 18.350 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Arabian nights • THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT • Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance • Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah • First Footsteps in East Africa • The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî • Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and PersonalitiesRichard Burton • The Land of Midian • Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo • To The Gold Coast for Gold and Verney Lovett Cameron • etc.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT

VOLUME ONE

RICHARD F. BURTON

(ALF LAYLAH WA LAYLAH.)

PRAISE BE TO ALLAH * THE BENEFICENT KING * THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE * LORD OF THE THREE WORLDS * WHO SET UP THE FIRMAMENT WITHOUT PILLARS IN ITS STEAD * AND WHO STRETCHED OUT THE EARTH EVEN AS A BED * AND GRACE, AND PRAYER-BLESSING BE UPON OUR LORD MOHAMMED * LORD OF APOSTOLIC MEN * AND UPON HIS FAMILY AND COMPANION TRAIN * PRAYER AND BLESSINGS ENDURING AND GRACE WHICH UNTO THE DAY OF DOOM SHALL REMAIN * AMEN! * O THOU OF THE THREE WORLDS SOVEREIGN!

TALE OF THE TRADER AND THE JINNI.

THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI.

THE TALE OF THE THREE APPLES

TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.

THE HUNCHBACK'S TALE.

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments

VOLUME TWO Privately Printed By The Burton Club

Volume 2 Footnotes

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments

VOLUME THREE Privately Printed By The Burton Club

THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE CARPENTER[FN#130]

TALE OF THE WATER FOWL AND THE TORTOISE.

TALE OF THE WOLF AND THE FOX.[FN#150]

TALE OF THE MOUSE AND THE ICHNEUMON[FN#165]

THE CAT[FN#166] AND THE CROW

THE FOX AND THE CROW

THE HEDGEHOG AND THE WOOD-PIGEONS

THE THIEF AND HIS MONKEY[FN#171]

THE SPARROW AND THE PEACOCK

TALE OF ALI BIN BAKKAR AND OF SHAMS AL-NAHAR.

TALE OF KAMAR AL ZAMAN,

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments

VOLUME FOUR

ALA AL-DIN ABU AL-SHAMAT.[FN#24]

HATIM OF THE TRIBE OF TAYY.

TALE OF MA'AN THE SON OF ZAIDAH.[FN#133]

MA'AN SON OF ZAIDAH AND THE BADAWI.

THE CITY OF LABTAYT.[FN#139]

THE CALIPH HISHAM AND THE ARAB YOUTH.

IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE BARBER- SURGEON.

THE CITY OF MANY COLUMNED IRAM AND ABDULLAH SON OF ABI KILABAH.[FN#165]

ISAAC OF MOSUL.

THE SWEEP AND THE NOBLE LADY.

THE MOCK CALIPH.

ALI THE PERSIAN.

TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE SLAVE-GIRL AND THE IMAM ABU YUSUF.

TALE OF THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF A THIEF.

JA'AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE BEAN SELLER.

ABU MOHAMMED HIGHT LAZYBONES.

GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE WITH MANSUR.

GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA SON OF KHÁLID WITH A MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME.

CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE STRANGE SCHOLAR.

ALI SHAR[FN#254] AND ZUMURRUD.

THE LOVES OF JUBAYR BIN UMAYR AND THE LADY BUDUR.

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAMSEL AND ABU NOWAS.

THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DISH OF GOLD WHEREIN THE DOG ATE.

THE SHARPER OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

AL-MALIK AL-NASIR AND THE THREE CHIEFS OF POLICE.

THE THIEF AND THE SHROFF.

THE CHIEF OF THE KUS POLICE AND THE SHARPER.

IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE MERCHANT'S SISTER.

THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WERE CUT OFF FOR GIVING ALMS TO THE POOR.

THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE.

ABU HASSAN AL-ZIYADI AND THE KHORASAN.

THE POOR MAN AND HIS FRIEND IN NEED.

THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM.[FN#424]

CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL AND HIS CONCUBINE MAHBUBAH.

WARDAN[FN#430] THE BUTCHER; HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR.

THE KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE APE.

THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments

VOLUME FIVE Privately Printed By The Burton Club

THE EBONY HORSE.[FN#1]

UNS AL-WUJUD AND THE WAZIR'S DAUGHTER AL- WARD FI'L-AKMAM OR ROSE-IN-HOOD.[FN#30]

ABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID[FN#82]

ABDALLAH BIN MA'AMAR WITH THE MAN OF BASSORAH AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL.

THE LOVERS OF THE BANU[FN#99] OZRAH

WAZIR OF AL-YAMAN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER

THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL

AL-MUTALAMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMAYMAH

THE CALIPH HARUM AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH IN THE BATH

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE POETS

MUS'AB BIN AL-ZUBAYR AND AYISHAH HIS WIFE

ABU AL-ASWAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL

HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS

THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE SLAVE-GIRLS

THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE

THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER

THE KAZI ABU YUSUF WITH HARUN AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH

THE CALIPH AL-HAKIM[FN#123] AND THE MERCHANT

KING KISRA ANUSHIRWAN[FN#124] AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL

WATER-CARRIER[FN#126] AND THE GOLDSMITH'S WIFE

KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN AND THE FISHERMAN

YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE AND THE POOR MAN

MOHAMMED AL-AMIN AND THE SLAVE-GIRL

THE SONS OF YAHYA BIN KHALID AND SA'ID BIN SALIM AL-BAHILI

THE WOMAN'S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND

THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS[FN#138]

JA'AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWL

THE CALIPH OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI

THE CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE PYRAMIDS[FN#153] OF EGYPT

THE THIEF AND THE MERCHANT

MASRUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN AL-KARIBI

THE DEVOTEE PRINCE

THE UNWISE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT

THE FOOLISH DOMINIE[FN#170]

ILLITERATE WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER

THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE.

ABD AL-RAHMAN THE MAGHRIBI'S STORY OF THE RUKH.[FN#176]

ADI BIN ZAYD AND THE PRINCESS HIND.

DI'IBIL AL-KHUZA'I WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BIN AL-WALID.

ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT.

THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS.

HOW ABU HASAN BRAKE WIND.

THE LOVERS OF THE BANU TAYY.

THE MAD LOVER.

THE PRIOR WHO BECAME A MOSLEM.

THE LOVES OF ABU ISA AND KURRAT AL-AYN.

AL-AMIN SON OF AL-RASHID AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI.

AL-FATH BIN KHAKAN AND THE CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL.

THE MAN'S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN CONCERNING THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF MALE AND FEMALE.

ABU SUWAYD AND THE PRETTY OLD WOMAN.

THE EMIR ALI BIN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MUUNIS.

THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER.

ALI THE CAIRENE AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD.

THE PILGRIM MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN.

ABU AL-HUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWADDUD.[FN#281]

THE ANGEL OF DEATH WITH THE PROUD KING AND THE DEVOUT MAN.

THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE RICH KING.

THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

ISKANDAR ZU AL-KARNAYN[FN#460] AND A CERTAIN TRIBE OF POOR FOLK.

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF KING ANUSHIRWAN.[FN#463]

THE JEWISH KAZI AND HIS PIOUS WIFE.

THE SHIPWRECKED WOMAN AND HER CHILD.

THE PIOUS BLACK SLAVE.

THE DEVOUT TRAY-MAKER AND HIS WIFE.

AL-HAJJAJ AND THE PIOUS MAN.

THE BLACKSMITH WHO COULD HANDLE FIRE WITHOUT HURT.

THE DEVOTEE TO WHOM ALLAH GAVE A CLOUD FOR SERVICE AND THE DEVOUT KING.

THE MOSLEM CHAMPION AND THE CHRISTIAN DAMSEL.

THE CHRISTIAN KING'S DAUGHTER AND THE MOSLEM.

THE PROPHET AND THE JUSTICE OF PROVIDENCE.

THE FERRYMAN OF THE NILE AND THE HERMIT.

THE ISLAND KING AND THE PIOUS ISRAELITE.