The Arabian Nights, Their Best-known Tales (Annotated)

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. The Arabian Nights, Their Best-known Tales by Nora Archibald Smith. Perhaps little excuse is needed for any new selection of the famous "Tales of a Thousand and One Nights," provided it is representative and dignified enough to enlist a new army of youth readers. Of the two hundred and sixty-four baffling and unparalleled stories, the true lover can barely forgive one, but there must always be favorites, even among these. We have chosen some of the most delicious, in our opinion; some, too, that particularly attracted the genius of the artist. If, attracted by our choice and the beauty of the images, we managed to attract a few thousand more true lovers to the source book, we will have done our humble turn. The only real danger lies in neglecting it, raising a child who does not know it and who has never fallen under his spell.