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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Richard F. Burton (Translator)
Category: Classics
The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton's exhaustive translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night", more commonly known as "The Arabian Nights". The story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" is one of the more popular of those found in "The Arabian Nights" collection. It ...Show more
The Arabian Nights by Richard F. Burton (Translator); A. S. Byatt (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Modern Library Classics Ser.
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad alway ...Show more
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana - The Classic Burton Translation by Vatsyayana; Richard F. Burton (Translator)
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
Kama means desire, love, and lust; sutra means teachings and "verses." The Kama Sutra, then, is the book of love, teaching the best methods of cultivating sensual pleasure, sexual desire, and loving union. A classic of world literature for 1,700 years, this is the most explicit and fascinating book eve ...Show more
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