The Arabian Nights, translated by Husain Haddawy, based on the text edited by Muhsin Mahdi (Norton, $14.95). “For over a hundred years, we have known `The Arabian Nights’ through the tr… ...

The art house equivalent of Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second part in Portuguese maverick Miguel Gomes ’ Arabian Nights trilogy, The Desolate One, is an appropriately striking ...

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights, translated by Malcolm Lyons with Ursula Lyons in three volumes is published by Penguin, priced £125. To order from Telegraph Books at £113 phone 0844 ...

2. The Arabian Nights aren’t just from Arabia. Dating back as far as the 10th century A.D., these tales have origins in North African, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Indian, and East Asian cultures.

Though the first edition of Arabian Nights contained no pictures, the late 18th century saw a flourishing of illustrated editions, the first of which were almost comically amiss in their visual ...