Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange
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  • Published: 1 April 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241441190
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download

Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange

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6 Nov 2014
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1 Apr 2021
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6 Oct 2016
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A great cache of ancient, magical stories in the same tradition as The Arabian Nights

Dating from at least a millennium ago, these are the earliest known Arabic short stories, surviving in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some found their way into The Arabian Nights but most have never been read in English before. Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange has monsters, lost princes, jewels beyond price, a princess turned into a gazelle, sword-wielding statues and shocking reversals of fortune.
  • Published: 1 April 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241441190
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
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