Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3

Anonymous

Translated by Richard Francis Burton

204 chapters · about 11 h

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The opening

When it was the Four Hundred and Ninety-seventh Night,

Quoth Dunyázád, “O sister mine, an thou be other than sleepy, tell us one of thy fair tales, so therewith we may cut short the waking hours of this our night;” and Shahrázád replied, “With love and good will! I will relate to you

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About this edition

The words
Richard Francis Burton's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own), in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword
  • The closing line 'End of Volume 9.' (HOUSE-STYLE: closing lines are left out, listed)
  • Other material that isn't the author's