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The Arabian Nights, or Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of stories from Arabic literature. The stories became known in Europe through Antoine Galland's translation into French, and Richard Burton provided a famous English translation.

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• The Arabian Nights Nights Entertainments - Text of the adaptation by Andrew Lang after the 1918 edition; e-text from the Project Gutenberg.
  
• The Book of One Thousand and One Nights - A brief description of the book with information on different editions.
  
• Thousand and One Nights - Entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia.
  
• Arabian Nights Entertainments - Text of the adaptation by Andrew Lang, first published in 1898, from Free Public Domain.
  
• Jewish Encyclopedia: Arabian Nights - Article (written circa 1900) about the collection of tales. Includes identification of stories that appear to be from Jewish sources.
  
• The Arabian Nights - Twenty-six short stories as told by Scheherazade in order to save herself and others from death.
  
• Stories from the Thousand and One Nights - As translated by Edward William Lane (1909-14) and revised by Stanley Lane-Poole; e-text at Bartleby.
  
• The Thousand Nights and a Night - Bibliographic and biographic information about Sir Richard Burton, along with his complete translation, as well as the Scott, Lang, and Lane translations.
  
  

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